Harlem Gallery, Nu to Omega Summary

In Nu, Rufino Lauglin, the M.C. of the night, gets on the microphone at the Zulu Club. He announces Hideho Heights, as a distinguished guest and the poet laureate of Lenox Avenue in Harlem. The crowd explodes into applause for Hideho. The Curator thinks about how silly the M.C. is. Lena a drunk woman comes over and throws herself at Hideho saying if he makes her a poem, he can sleep with her. He makes up a silly, little rhyme and she giggles.

In Xi, Hideho gets up on the stage. The crowd immediately quiets and he has everyone's attention. The Curator thinks Hideho is bit of a fake. Hideho continues his poem. He talks about John Henry and the night he was born. Wise Men come to Henry's cabin and cry out...