Step Aside
'We now designate and recognize you,
As a 'man'.
With the subtextual condescending tags of 'Coon'.
'Negro'...aka 'Nigger'.
'Black'.
And 'African-American'...
As totally outdated labels.
Since now...
We have no idea how to refer to you!
More titles have been bestowed upon you...
Than any other people on the planet!
Except for maybe the Japanese.
And that's not to exclude...
Our indebtedness to the Chinese!
Amen?
Amen!
You have proven time and time again,
You are above and beyond description.
How you have accomplish this fete...
Is absolutely spellbounding!
Even with our deceitful ways intact...
To keep this from happening.
Although...
We will maintain our tireless efforts,
To continue to do 'something'...
Whatever this is,
To keep us feeling superior.
And we could use a bit of that right now!
What that will be?
Who knows.
However...
We do have our scientists,
In research as we gather together...
In laborous study.
To uncover 'anything'
In the melanin of your pigmentation.
Even if that means...
We can be blessed with a little ethnic rhythm.
We'll just have to 'get funky' and 'get down'...
To some 'slammin beatz',
If we have to!
Those pretension days are fast from us dwindling.
Amen?
Amen!
But for now...
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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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