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NaiveAndWitty
NaiveAndWitty
African American
Jul 31 2009, 11:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 31 2009, 11:42 PM EDT


Untangle my thoughts.
I need Africa.
I must ward off America.
America has changed me.

My people have been scattered—
My people have been stolen—
Our minds have been bleached—
We must parry the menticide.

I am the sun of Africa.
My roots run deep beneath
The ocean. My soul is the Land
Of Cush. My mind is Egypt.

Untangle my thoughts.
I need Africa.
I must ward off America.
America has changed me.

I cannot abandon America.
America is my pigmentation.
Africa is my Mother Earth.
I must blend America, with Africa.

I am a synthesis of the two.
I am a mulatto: I am America;
I am Africa: I am the best of
Both worlds. I must be whole.

I cannot untangle my thoughts.
I cannot ward off America.
I need Africa. I also need
America. I am a synthesis.

Africa breathes through me.
I am the breath of Africa.
America breathes through me.
I am the breath of America.

I must repair my thoughts.
I must love myself.
I must love to feel free.
I am Africa. I am America.


Glenn Jr. Marchand
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