My Aunt

Puppet

Strings taut ~

    the doll twists

    just
    a single movement
    of the puppeteer’s wrist
 

    D a n c e
        puppet
            D a n c e . .  !

      
        nimble hands
        orchestrate mischief

                  sleight of hands
           mask the outcome's
           aftermath
 

listen ~

        to the music
      ...

Veracity

There're no truths      
                   no lies
        
           none exist  .  .
        
           but for the relationships
                 
                          interpretations
               
           and                              
...

There Was Once a Place

Can’t be saved
but need help

            healthy
   but ain't well

                             afraid to fall
            never was taught to fly
            
                    no balance . . .
                    
            just broken pieces
            of bones and sorrow
            <...

Be Proud

Be proud and thankful
for your black skin

           You're gonna be 25
        for the next 40 years
        
                      Stay Blessed
                 
© mingoáo

Tell Your Kind

Dear White Politicians  .  .
don't go to black churches

    and tell Black Folk
    how much you hate racism
    
             Go to White Churches
                    and tell your kind
        
© mingoáo

Indebted

save the children
       of tomorrow

       it is from them
       we borrow today

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Futile

Sometimes
it doesn't really matter
     which way you turn
      
    there's always someone
    standing behind you

    with a jar of Vaseline
                   and a bag of

                           d i c k s
    
© mingoáo

Unconditional

A man will kill
     for his sons
   
   but he will die
   for his daughters
        
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Oblivion

there will come a time

    when
    civility and humanity
                         meld into
                
               the asscrack of
               anarchy
               violence
        
                   forgetfulness
            
                               a n d
   ...

Brotherhood

It’s ok
if I have a problem
     with my brother
    
                             But if
    you have a problem
    with my brother
    
        You have
        a problem with me

 © mingoáo