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THE BLACKER THE BERRY.. Misconception dims the path that leads her brown Clay To shallow waters where she can never float like a butterfly but always stings like a bee She is only good at germinating in dim waters like Deep intellectual conversations Always warrant entry into shallow society Dictating that she could not have possibly been supple at first sight She needed to be probed without pressing her buttons It’s her stellar personality that beams like a floodlight in flood times When it’s raining men but she can’t compete with the yellow flame So she has to keep her battery charged When she guides the men easily beguiled by the sparkling light That has them having need for a yellow bone to chew even when they lack the appetite for it. “Between us men, it is better than that organic fruit diet The plate is too blackened by her sunned pigment” The blacker the berry the sweeter her juice in private While in public the males ride shot gun on the yellow ferry It’s the societal Olympics where everybody needs to have the same shade trophy, She the blacker berry watching from the sidelines while fixing her paint A by-product of lightening products has her gaining first sight attraction Because now she can quite be the woman to wear on his arm like a cuff link Arresting other suitors’ attention because now she dazzles at night And she can enjoy the benefits of her top coating Even though deep within she is layered with insecurity. ***Written for all dark skinned beauties who feel less beautiful because of their shade of black
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