Why Am I So Black Nor White

Years of crucifying blue-eyed gaze

Soiled my black spirit and body nude;

Auctioned, bound ‘n’ bundled in blue,

Lynched on Christmazed trees for days.

Now my blues swing, jingle, and sell

When Santa KKKlaus makes me sing

Ole Miss, pain, jail and living hell…

"I’aint nigga, a boy or uncle tom no mo

I get me a bling bling , a house and a ho."

Holy King was spared a dream with the right bullet,

A sanctified black soul is bought with the left ballot;

Every four more years one more white promise

Gets garnished with a faithful black compromise.

We daydream a black and white dream no more

Nor redeem the Old Promise owed moons ago.

We hope, sing, joke, and sprint the last breath

Into despair, self-doubt, debt and gray death…





E.Jallow









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