Driving while Black/Shopping while Black/Realities of being Black.
Boom, Baam , Bang, Boom, Each earsplitting sound, Meant to arouse.
Oh, to be a child again
Rag dolls by definition / Are symbols of submission / A bully's push over / A child's playmate / Lying abandoned.
An elephant in the classroom / Unheard voices from slavery / So essential to understanding / How past is prelude / To inequities we now see.
This time of the year / Whispers in Santa’s ear / Elicit Ho, Ho, Hos / Smiles of children / Laughter of folklore.
Aboard the ferry in a winter of advancing age.
The significance of age 60 / Is to be young again / Without the weight of youth / So it is with Barack Obama.
Known simply as Esther / A runaway slave in 1743 / Sought to be free / By riding the “freedom train” / Where fantasy meets reality / Of a Harriet Tubman dream.
Doors open wide / To horizon’s illusions / Of noble ideals / “Independence,” equality,” / “Freedom,” and “justice”
