We Are the Two Headed City

No man could separate us all they could do was add to us give our soul food give our food soul It was a woman who broke us entered the cracks of hate leaked through the pores of inequality, injustice I am the white one Daughter of conquerors Princess of the realm Belle and heir to the kingdom I am the blonde one the Jewel of my father’s crown the one that adds class adds power, adds indifference I am the black head Mother of the oppressed Queen of the swamp Maker and maintainer of soul I am the cocoa one the Diamond of the coal mine the one that adds sass adds music, adds separation Together we unite the people but we have been damaged made two our parents and children are lost lost to us lost to each other