duji

I was tired of going there and watching what duji was doing to everybody.

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965

That was the last time I saw her, nodding and climbing up on the duji cloud.

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965

But after a while, about 1955, duji became the thing.

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965

But there were so many dreams that were lost for a little bit of duji.

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965

That I did duji up on stage as Darcie prepared to leave me was all part of a perfect storm, the product of a long list of earlier conditions I failed to manage.

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I wasn’t certain about how it was changing or what was happening, but I knew it had a lot to do with duji, heroin.

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965

When you come out of your house every day and you’re a young boy on Seventh Avenue, Eighth Avenue, Lenox Avenue, or any of the other avenues around here, you got to walk up to that big gorilla, that big gorilla named duji.

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965

He said, Every day, I was goin’ out there, risking my life, gambling, for just five dollars or enough to get straight, enough to get me enough to buy some duji and stay high for a day.

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965