Cool

poem by: Q. Ramirez
Written on Jan 27, 2016

Yesteryear 19seventysomething
istarteddesegragation
so(Souls)BudahMalcolmTy
ronBillieDandRoscoe
in camorra decided
to revenge their pa(kinfolk)st
threatening to beat
m(i)e up So i ask Wh
y? - Cos we was yo slaves
wh(brownerthanbrown)iteboy!
(IAMNOTANGLO)Being
the only wh(iamnotanglo)ite 
in class i somehow under
stood the juggernauts
of pre(whiteonblack)judice
now (blackonbrown)
So I ask Wh
en did i emancipate
you niggas?-M(I)y
ra(chicano)za have felt
the same oppressions
So souls stop to think
and could not answer
thentheyletmebesaying
- you cool holms.

 

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