As recorded for Benjamin Boone’s 2020 Origin Records album, “The Poets Are Gathering,” which features 11 poets and 21 musicians. This poem is an excerpt from Patricia Smith’s larger poem, “The Accidental Saint,” which appears in her book, “Incendiary Art: Poems,” which won the NAACP Image Award, the LA Times Book Award, and was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. To read more about this project, download hi-res audio, purchase a physical copy, or support this project, please visit: https://benjaminboone.bandcamp.com/al… or OriginArts.com

NARRATION/POETRY: Patricia Smith 

ALTO SAXOPHONE: Benjamin Boone

PIANO: David Aus

BASS: Patrick Olvera

DRUMS: Ray Moore

Produced by Donald Brown & Benjamin Boone

Mixed and Mastered by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Studio, Long Island, NY

Recorded at Maximus Media, Fresno, CA

Video: Marcel Nunes