sydney conteh Poems

It is said
The bigger the hair the closer to heaven you are
The longer the hair
The closer to your roots
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Shosholoza Shosholoza ku lazontaba
Stimela sipum'e South Africa
Wen uyabaaleka
Ku lezontaba
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Am not patriotic enough
Are my scars not deep enough
Are my calluses not hard enough
Are my nightmares of guns and bloodshed
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My Malcolm says
I will fight
I will fight when you treat my skin like a garden to practice your racism
I will fight your racism with my black beauty
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On this day
Derek Chauvin got found guilty of, the murder of
George Floyd. Today another day the world sees black pain
This time we are not ignoring it
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Say their name as if it is hot coal in your mouth
Let their name burn your tongue and throat
Causing words that will flow like lava out of your mouth
maybe that why its called burning rage
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Let me reveal a secret.
Black people are experts at voice control.
We can suppress our voice in a whisper.
Knowing when we shout we can change the world.
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I die
I die
I died when my body became a mortar round
Exploding into fragments of my
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I saw a black girl cry
because she learned her skin
Is sign saying
'shot me'
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The first day of Derek Chauvin trial started
The man who killed George Floyd
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