Post race considerations of the construct of race.
Granny said/
“you will lie in the pit/you dig
for ‘an-other’ ” /how you sleep/?/
here in the pit/where
we lie/side by side/ in the same open grave/pitted against
one another/ cain & able forever/?/how you sleep/has
your god been watching/?/do you pray
with the same mouth/ that sucked at
my great great great gramma’s bloody tears/hollered
sold american/
nigger/kike/spic/wop/chink/spook/slant/beaner/dego/sand nigger/camel jockey/
jungle bunny/jig a boo/?/
how you sleep/?/
?spooked/
do you dream of brown hands/
wake sweating/vowing
to kill them all/so
you can breathe/
w/0 fear of
retribution/do you dream of severed breast/broken bodies/are you
greedy/in your sleep/?/how do you sleep/
w/yr bi-racial grandchildren waiting for your death/the
brown-eyed ones that are ashamed of you/how will you answer god/?/
when he ask you about his children/
do you dream in burning crosses/bodies flopping behind trucks/dogs at throats/shooting first and yelling stop over dead bodies/corpses swaying from trees/the smell of burning…
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I am always amazed at your insight and wisdom. Thanks again and again for sharing your brilliance and heart. Karen Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:26:12 +0000 To: asumcatring@hotmail.com
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Karen,
Thank you for taking the time to read the work. I am always so pleased when someone finds insights they are moved by. Thank you for taking the time to let me know.
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Ayodele
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Thank you for your nice posting.I am always amazed at your insight and wisdom. Thanks again and again for sharing your brilliance and heart.
Thanks…………..
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