You Are Wrong Again Poem by Hebert Logerie

If you think that black men
Are not human
You're wrong again
If you think that black women
Are not human
You're wrong again
If you think that Africans
Are not human
You're not a human being
You're wrong, dead wrong
Stop being controversial and wrong
"Modern humans originated in Africa"
Africans are the very first Homo sapiens
The very first human beings
Humans did not originate in Eurasia
Whatever that means.
If one human being is a monkey
All of us are monkeys holding the same key.
All of us are Africans
We are from Africa
Not from America
And nevertheless, not from Eurasia
This is a very interesting saga
To let the fools know that we are the same
Regardless of features, color, height and weight
This can be a very fascinating debate
Let's be serious, this is no children's game
All human beings are basically similar
As many imbeciles were born to be vulgar
If you think that white men
Are not human
You're wrong again
If you think that white women
Are not human
You're wrong again
Blacks and Whites are human
You're finally right, man
You keep on being unmistakably wrong
It's time to play another song.

Copyright © August 2018, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.