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The N Word

they say i don't fit their ideal i'm not the kind that they're used to they say i'm outside of their mold and don't behave as I've been told they say there's no place here for me to jus' go back, to being out of the blue they say my sexuality sets me apart never like them, to be able and smart they say i should go to where i began 'cause here, i'm maybe three fifths of a man they say a gender such as me can only be subservient to their command they say their faith has led them thus to proclaim my existence sub-humanity I say to them, "Will there ever be a time when you will treat me equally?" "No" is the reply © Goode Guy 2013-03-06

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