the last time i was home
to see my mother we kissed
exchanged pleasantries
...
so he said: you ain't got no talent
if you didn't have a face
you wouldn't be nobody
...
Clouds float by on a summer sky
I hop scotch over to you
...
in my younger years
before i learned
black people aren't
...
While it is true
(though only in a factual sense)
That in the wake of a
...
once a snowflake fell
on my brow and i loved
it so much and i kissed
...
Childhood rememberances are
always a drag if you're Black
...