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Why not Black? - a poem by Cherno Omar BarryTuesday, October 27, 2009
Why not Black? By Cherno Omar Barry Slippery eel joins the world it’s like Youth emerging smiling Crying for the pleasurable pains of the earth An argument she has just begun That which is between Good and Evil Good reigns On years of culture and rupture Blooms her to a smashing rosebud Epoch of joy and youthful age Savouring the juices Full of happiness In pearls of laughter Years mount fast the ladder of age New stage develops Men, both the old and the young Skim her with fear and consternation The devils beauty she carries Her natural gift of beauty? Preponderant Pride, audacity She does aught Corrodes the skin a shoddy one Beauty dying Opprobrium Joyful world melts Butterflies avoid the evil smelling flower Moths avoid the dying flame Men’s reprisal, reprehensible girl Evil in her kismet Pride of natural colour death! |
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