Black Poetry : Transformation of Ambitions

GQ

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Mar 17, 2001
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Got up this morning
Washed my face
Did all the necessities
of life

And started feeling

Well…

V~A~I~N

Churning water cascaded
down pipes like tears
rolling down cheeks

Somehow I still felt

Completely…

M~I~S~G~U~I~D~E~D

Went to the closet
looked in at the
miles of fabric that
would adorn my body

On this day I was to
present myself to the
corporate world

Then I felt

Utterly…

D~I~S~G~U~S~T~E~D

Grabbed my jewelry from
the dresser; gold watch,
platinum rings; serpentine
bracelet

All the while feeling

Shamefully…

R~E~M~O~R~S~E~F~U~L

of myself

30something brotha

successful entrepreneur

richer than rich

but still missing something…

Token felt ~ puppet on a

S
T
R
I
N
G

Company man-made…

Mind not my own

Drive to the firm in
my Yuppie car

Its’ make reads

like a headline

B~L~A~C~K

M~A~D~E

W~H~I~T~E

Corner office with a

VIEW

Transformation

Of

Ambitions

Jokes at the water cooler

told by Todd, Biff, and Sue

My presence commands

SiLeNcE…

Shhh – here he comes

Now there’s a feeling of

P~A~I~N

10 hours of torture

The day finally ends

Now back to the suburbs

Condo property

The

Only

Spot (Get It?)

Closed doors shut
in front and behind

Back to my own

L~I~V~I~N~G

private

H~E~L~L!

The 24 hour cycle
spins on and on
and on and on…….

Maybe one day
beautiful blackness

will

return

to

my

face…
 
feeling this one, Q

gotta be hard being you.:)

my brutha...never feel guilty over your success unless you swing to the other side and forget where you came from and who you are.

bruthaz and sistahz work hard to climb that corporate ladder...to make it easier for that next sistah or brutha that will follow them. be proud of every step...every closed door...every hollow stare, knowing that you're paving the way for the multitude.

Black
Made
White

NO...

Black
Man's
World

make it so.

peace.
 

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