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Assimilation's Retribution
Theft of Soul
Minstrel show institution

Confusing

W.E.B. DuBois - Double Consciousness
With The Talented Tenth's
Restitution

Nonconformity
Labels
Me:

Academically Insane

Depraved

Surrounded
By a slew of
Aunt Jemima's & Uncle Ben's

Shuffling
The pages of their text books
Hoping Massa' Professor
Awards them with an

A

Ancestral Disgrace

In the midst of matriculated students

Unveils
A pestilence that
Pervades

Corrupt

Warranting my
Unarticulated
Eruption

Eyes start bulging

Outwardly battling the perpetuated
Stereotypical
Black woman

Purposely focusing on defiance

Turning a blind eye
At my thrash against
The rope of compliance

Tightening around my neck

Fighting to stay alive
In the halls of
The walking dead

I know
It isn't meant for me
To rest

A mind asleep
Subjects itself
To the cousin of death

Continuously
I
stride

Walking through
Societal
Commonalities

Uplifting
The
Misguided

Spiritually reviving

Breathing life inside
Mentally deprived corpses
Who are Psychologically and Emotionally tired

The light of spirit entrusts
Intuitions
Compass

Unquestionable guidance

Discern
The Unknown
Of darkness....

Unafraid

Blood of a Slave
Heart of a Queen