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Identity MAG
With skin the color of my pen's ink
And eyes the color of honey, fresh from the
Honeybee's hive – I discover appearance.
Birthed to a family of hand-clapping,
foot-stomping, and
Sunday school – I discover my culture.
Pulsing in the temple of my brain and at the top of
My calves, I discover my strength.
With a mind racing at the speed of light,
I discover my intelligence.
With a voice, firm when I speak but
melodious when I sing,
I discover my passion.
Eyes planted on eighteen little cousins, I
discover my future.
With the sensuality of my speech I
reveal myself.
This is me. Raw and pure. No strings
attached, no anecdotes
To tell. Urban expression and juvenile
learned lessons –
A young black woman is who I am. AP
classes and exams
Create a two-way mirror for the world to
peer through,
All you see is what I allow you to. That one side of me.
But to know me is to embrace my love of
culture – to ride the
Streets bumpin' Badu through the woofers. See I found my identity, and
No, not through compliments and nice
tendencies. I wish that everyone could be
As free as me. But you'll continue to
be incarcerated.
Until you find that I D E N T I T Y.
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Favorite Quote:
First dentistry was painless.
Then bicycles were chainless,
Carriages were horseless,
And many laws enforceless.
Next cookery was fireless,
Telegraphy was wireless,
Cigars were nicotineless,
And coffee caffeineless.
Soon oranges were seedless,
The putting green was weedless,
The college boy was hatless,
The proper diet fatless.
New motor roads are dustless,
The latest steel is rustless,
Our tennis courts are sodless,
Our new religion — godless.