Hi, Tamara! I posted this poem on the BAP blog because I love it. http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2012/04/napowrimo-poems-day-26-home-stretch.html
9//30 hot pink blush isnt getting much use these day get’em girl jeans aint gettin no love these days flip flops more often than heels these days lucky to find the time for pedicures or manicures peanut butter and banana sandwich with a green smoothie quick and easy in between laundry and breast feeding I got my nails done felt guilt while I was gone smiled like I was being sneaky Husband said I need to do it more often I deserve it Son wanted to go next time so he can paint them for me both my men said I looked pretty I still washed dishes that night I still made dinner gave the baby a bath and nursed her til she fell asleep but I did it with hot pink barbie nails
Election day. 2020 Brain dump We won't even know the winner today. We have at least a week for that. I will focus on staying black. You see that is the thing, no matter who wins, I will still be a child of an enslaved African. A child of American Slavery. No matter who wins that fact will be ignored, the proven damage that this has caused will be ignored. The jim crow laws, the KKK, the burning crosses, the fathers that never made it home, the poverty all of it will be ignored. No matter who wins Black men will be seen as the enemy and the problem. NO MATTER who wins the LGBTQI agenda will outweigh the Black agenda. This election had no benefit for ME directly that I was able to see. No one spoke directly to me, my people, or my community. I think both Red and Blue are racist, sexist, classist, and anti-black. Both Red and Blue will deny White Supremacy, will deny the hate and fear of black skin so fuck'em both. I just had to get this off my chest you know and No!! I am not ...
Hi, Tamara! I posted this poem on the BAP blog because I love it. http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2012/04/napowrimo-poems-day-26-home-stretch.html
ReplyDeleteI hope that's OK. If not, lemme know!
Best, Jen