Step Aside Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

'We now designate and recognize you,
As a 'man'.
With the subtextual condescending tags of 'Coon'.
'Negro'...aka 'Nigger'.
'Black'.
And 'African-American'...
As totally outdated labels.
Since now...
We have no idea how to refer to you!

More titles have been bestowed upon you...
Than any other people on the planet!
Except for maybe the Japanese.
And that's not to exclude...
Our indebtedness to the Chinese!
Amen?
Amen!

You have proven time and time again,
You are above and beyond description.
How you have accomplish this fete...
Is absolutely spellbounding!
Even with our deceitful ways intact...
To keep this from happening.

Although...
We will maintain our tireless efforts,
To continue to do 'something'...
Whatever this is,
To keep us feeling superior.
And we could use a bit of that right now!
What that will be?
Who knows.

However...
We do have our scientists,
In research as we gather together...
In laborous study.
To uncover 'anything'
In the melanin of your pigmentation.
Even if that means...
We can be blessed with a little ethnic rhythm.
We'll just have to 'get funky' and 'get down'...
To some 'slammin beatz',
If we have to!
Those pretension days are fast from us dwindling.
Amen?
Amen!

But for now...
We will accept your qualifications,
To not only think independently!
And this we have noticed you do well.
But also...
On a part time basis,
We accept your leadership abilities.
Until you have completed 90 days probation.
And then of course...
We declare you fulltime.
As is the custom with our previous employees! '

~Excuse me...
He is, afterall,
Going to be The President of the United States! ~

'I know!
I was just joking.
Lighten up.

And we declare this,
Although reluctantly...
And with a few tears.
On this day,
As one we can freely say is devoid of all hallucinations allowed!
As far as we know!
And on this day...
President Barack Obama,
January 20th 2009 @ 11: 30am,
You...
Man of colored skin.
And basketball playing abilities.
With a beautiful Black woman for a wife...
And two adoring down to Earth children.
'That' by itself,
Is an astounding and most remarkable achievement...
For a Black man with your credentials.'

~For any man with his credentials! ~

'You wanna do this? '

~No!
You're doing fine!
But hurry up and get to the point! ~

'Thank you.
Now step aside!

We here on this day...
Pray you...
President Obama,
Help us out of this mess we have created.
Hopefully...
And with this confirmation and declaration,
You will be supplied with all of the assistance you need!
To restore us to some sense of sensibility.
Or something recognizable as 'sanity'.
Somewhere in time within the coming months.
We are hoping you are able to take the evil eye off of us...
As well,
From those on foreign shores!
'Cause they ain't been liking us too much! '

~Well,
Condi said...~

'Hush up!

Amen?
Amen!

Can we get a righteous 'Kum Bah Ya' started? ! '