.
Legally defined
as less than a human
for so long makes
it especially difficult
to function as a
whole person.
.
Schools and history
text omit us carte blanche.
Ellison got it right:
Invisible.
.
It is near impossible
to form coherent
complexed thoughts
in Ebonics when
rendered less fleshed
and unseeable.
.
Still, we be tryin'.
.
Lady A
.