Category: Poetry
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Home
via Daily Prompt: Relocate home of the brave; like my mom an dad who gave their livelihood to buy my future in your ‘greener’ pastures land of the free well that part is still a question red white and blue i’m glad i got to meet you green red and yellow lone central star you […]
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i USED to
I used to infuse you into my fantasy, A PHENOMENAL future. One where we’d FLAUNT and FLOAT, on clouds of FINESSE, Our heads held HIGH in six-inch HEELS and HAUTE couture, And CONFIDENCE to make {them} quiver. I would be QUEEN and […]
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I Have No Words
I want to say so many things regarding black people and white police, brutality, racial profiling. July 5th; Alton Sterling is shot, in the chest, at close range, while pinned to the ground by two officers. July 6th, Philando Castile is shot, while his four-year-old daughter watches from the backseat of the car. His girlfriend […]
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Diverse
Diverse: The perfect way to EMPHASIZE difference while seemingly being accepting of it. Diverse like who? Like black or white? Like brown or pale? Like light-skinned or charcoal dark? Like heavy-set or skinny-bod? Like tall or small? Like smart or dumb? Like rich or poor? Diverse like how? Like Muslim or Christian? Like believers or […]
Akanji 