History and media
says it knows me.
But how can they
know when they’ve
never walked
in my Jordans.
I am not
barrel-bottom tar,
I am black gold.
I am not
just black hoodies,
I am also treasure.
I am not
your indentured servant
or slave or breeding hoe.
I am from the land
of the Nile, whose
energy and fertility
still flows within me.
History and media
thinks it knows who I am.
They hold perceptions
and facts as mirrors
to show me but they’ve
yet to notice that its reflective
surface is cracking.
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