July 4, 2012

Biracial Ditty To Learn And Sing

By Tony Brown

I don’t look like
what I feel like

Wasn’t raised like
what I look like

Look like one
and not the other

Feel like both
and feel like neither

It sometimes leaves me
stumbling on speech

and unfamiliar
with how to get by —

but what I do with this
is up to me

You don’t get
to decide

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A poet with a history in slam, lots of publications; my personal poetry and a little bit of daily life and opinions. Read the page called "About..." for the details. View all posts by Tony Brown

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 4th, 2012 at 7:22 pm and tagged with meditations, poems, poetry and posted in poetry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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2 responses to “Biracial Ditty To Learn And Sing”

• ecofinanalysis
  July 6th, 2012 at 10:38 am

  Is it really up to you? i sometimes wonder…

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  • Tony Brown
    July 6th, 2012 at 11:22 am

    It has to be if you want to survive in a healthy way. You can cope with every incorrect assumption and stereotype if you are certain of your own grasp of it.

    Reply

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