Shaniki Smith Poet Verse

Crooked Thief

Crooked Thief




By: Shaniki L. Smith
Title:Crooked Thief
 March 22, 2018

There is a crooked thief that live among us
This thief robbed me of time
This thief robbed me of my future
I'am black no matter where I go
and still ask how I got this and that
As begin black
it seems like I'am always begin put on the pedal stool where every I go
Nobody seem to believe in a honest black person
Let me say that to you again
Nobody seem to believe there is honest hard working black people
I earn my way fair and square
I worked hard and save as much as I can
I pray each night for a dream
That would probably never come true
I earned a degree that I would never get a chance to work in
Slavery Slavery ended in years years ago
But today is 2018 and slavery still reminds 
Owning anything while black today is still a lie
You own nothing
You own nothing

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