Day 77: Racism (Yeah, I Went There.)

(Written March 29, 2011)

Brown girl, brown girl, what do you smell?
I smell that sack of shit you're trying to sell.
Black girl, black girl what do you hear?
I'm listening to the lies you whisper in my ear.
Red girl, red girl, what do you taste?
The bitterest injustice, hunger and waste.
Yellow girl, yellow girl, what do you feel?
The weight of the long dead leading me still.
White girl, white girl, what do you see?
I see brown, black, red and yellow girls, staring at me.


*(Inspired in part by Bill Martin's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?")
**(The question is: who is asking these questions?)