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I Am (Yes We Can) MAG
June 9, 2017
I am every black woman
I am the complete and utter symbol of my mother
Strong
Beautiful
I am Negro
I am not white
And have no desire to be
But because I am not white
America herself shackles me
Considering me as a modern-day slave
Instead of picking cotton
I pick the damaged dreams of those before me
Failure no longer is an option
Because Obama said “Yes, we can!”
A black man with a strong woman at
his right hand to show
“Yes, we can!” to black excellence
We set the stage, to stand up
to America
No longer shackled
No longer her slave.
© Suzannah W., Syosset, NY
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