Now, I Am A Black Poet

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NOW, I AM A BLACK POET

because I am black
and a writer of poems
my semi-automatic pen should be loaded with fatal words trained at temples
blonde-haired
blue-eyed
those made of glass and stone
 
I am to blindly follow those whom I never voted for
and shout

“right on!!!”
and
“that’s right, brother! speak the truth!!!...”

when the words I hear ain’t necessarily the truth
and the
‘brothas’
who speak them
I respect
but sometimes I gotta respectfully disagree
 
(sometimes, my truth may be different from yours...)

because I am black
and a writer of poems
I should target my message to those who live where I live
loving only those things readily accessible
hating those
blaming those responsible for why I live where I live
and can only love what I am allowed to love
 
yes
 
I am black
and a writer of poems
 
independent
at all times
 
radical
when I wanna be
 
militant
when I have to be
 
romantic
when the moods hits me

political
because I have to be
 
black
always
 
a writer of poems
 
but no different from you