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Blacker Than Black
There is evil that offends evil. There is black that is blacker than black. There is fault-free blood that is a running river. There is inhumanity that supercedes insanity. How shall we call it, write it, remember it? Putin is its name....

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Categories: blacker, child abuse, corruption, holocaust,
Form: Free verse
A Blacker Black
More pressing matters call… time enough for the truth (The New Room: August, 2021)...

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Categories: blacker, truth,
Form: Free verse



A Blacker Shade of Pale
I remember when she looked at me with love I never looked away I remember when she touched me with care but now careless her touch still heals I remember when i whispered sweet nothings now words are not so sweet I remember happiness now sadness lives the days I remember promises with so much promise I remember lies that lie now at peace I remember...

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Categories: blacker, poetry,
Form: Free verse
About Being Blacker
Nobody loves themself more than a black person does nobody is as big-hearted to call strangers ‘bro or ‘cous always hugging and kissing to convey what can’t be said Expressing the way they feel with a gentle stroking of the head Nobody engages in thoughtfulness more than black people do they have to be fully persuaded before they decide to...

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Categories: blacker, identity, love, truth, wisdom,
Form: Quatrain
The Blacker the Berry
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...

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Categories: blacker, africa, body, mirror,
Form: Blitz



Premium Member Blacker Than Black Rain
BEGINNING… xxxxxxxxxxx gray moon eating black, sparrows flush red coughing rain slums of streets decay CONTINUING… xxxxxxxxxxx drenched women bleeding broken spills of spines, alms… alms devil torrent tears ENDING… xxxxxxxxxxx spikes of bones splattered drowned by screeching sounds silenced… rain begets mud tombs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (( for SKAT's "Dark Rain" Contest" --Haiku ))...

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Categories: blacker, angst, natural disasters
Form: Haiku

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