Silent
is the barred mind
of a Girl
of a Boy.
Colored prints
of my colored prints,
and America wasn’t great
to those whose hands build it.
And their anthem plays on,
disguising detestation as protection
resentful the Sun’s
never made love to their complexion.
Nov 11, 2016
Nov 11, 2016 at 7:09 PM UTC
Silent
is the barred mind
of a Girl
of a Boy.
Colored prints
of my colored prints,
and America wasn’t great
to those whose hands build it.
And their anthem plays on,
disguising detestation as protection
resentful the Sun’s
never made love to their complexion.
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