Best Darkie Poems

Light minded people say I’m an uppity darkie
They color me bad, 
with a black face, felt pen Sharpie
Vanilla voices downright don’t like
the audio sounds of this mouthy darkie
They say I’m way too uppity,
don’t know what my proper place be
Snow cone hats say they gon have...

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True beauty defined by that which is isolated 
The loathe for that which is natural. 
An internal abhor, despising her vivacious soulfulness. 
It is the pigment she is hated for
It is the excessive melamine they are repulsed by. 
The sophisticated ignorance to the elephant in...

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Can she see
the beryl words I keep
hidden inside?

Precious words I want to say,
but I’m too
darkie me shy

I cover my cocoon feelings
with an awkward “hi”
Whenever she Madame butterfly
	      passes by

I love how she gives me
a bright smile 
with her beautiful eyes

Makes...

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You know me,
or maybe you don’t
I’m that black cat
sitting in the back
with the big white eyes
glowing in the dark
If you’re one of them uncool rats
who love making light
of other people’s plight
Well, that ain’t right ...
it’s gonna make the darkie in me
open wide your eyesight

I’m that...

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