"That ain't no way to send a body to heaven," he said hoarsely, his voice giving out from shouting. "They're making enough noise to wake up the dead who're already there."

At Big Joe's wake, the reverend demands the musicians stop their deafening spiritual.

— Reverend Short in Harlem Cycle #3 - The Crazy Kill (Chester Himes, 1959)


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