Best Negroes Poems

Mentors like priests preparing me for holy rite
Institutional slaves to a false trinity
Subduing adventure, exploration and discovery to classroom rigor
Eternal stairway ... moonbeams to the golden dream
Dismatling who I am so I become who you want me to be
Urges denied constructing scaffolds, setting beam
Castling on...

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I was born with a cracked voice and a staggering speech,
Sometimes it's harder to tell if I'm complaining or not....
I write poetry and listen to music like I'm on salary to do so,
But being part of a choir is something I'll never wish for...
Today I...

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Earth is sad
Flesh is sand
Shadow is black
My skin is dark.

Black man down
White man's town
Tweets and Hashtags
Protests and Blackcards, 

But the system is Prejudiced
Jury men in white ridged caps and black cape cloaks-
take sides with the pale folks.

I can't breathe; No, I can't breathe-
Faint whispers of...

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