Misconceptions of My Color

words of woes warring on the platter of mire
painted on my colour by mouth that burns with unjust fire
injustice, neocolonialism and inequality soaked in lies
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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January 20, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Beautiful poem on a true subject that needs to be fixed.
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