Family Secret
An Ice-cream man, with an Ice-cream van
His melodic chimes seem magical and enchanting
the heat waves, a major summer killer
Little children with happy faces make biblical verses
Jump off the pages and come alive
Block to blocks, street to streets
laughter could be heard for miles
There he was sitting on the old stoop
A little freckle face boy.
with eyes of a deep, dark blue
Waiting for God to answer his pray
Poor, little Vincent Maloney
He remember his grandmother harsh words
"Wipe your tears away, and pray in silent
Young Vincent Maloney"
“I pity your mother and I pity her choices,
and most all I pity her
For eloping with the colored man
Barbara Coleman husband
Wipe your nose, and weep no more
Your daddy ain't your daddy
But your daddy doesn’t know
.
Race is not a determinable concept my child.
Jun 21, 2017
Jun 21, 2017 at 3:40 PM UTC
Family Secret
An Ice-cream man, with an Ice-cream van
His melodic chimes seem magical and enchanting
the heat waves, a major summer killer
Little children with happy faces make biblical verses
Jump off the pages and come alive
Block to blocks, street to streets
laughter could be heard for miles
There he was sitting on the old stoop
A little freckle face boy.
with eyes of a deep, dark blue
Waiting for God to answer his pray
Poor, little Vincent Maloney
He remember his grandmother harsh words
"Wipe your tears away, and pray in silent
Young Vincent Maloney"
“I pity your mother and I pity her choices,
and most all I pity her
For eloping with the colored man
Barbara Coleman husband
Wipe your nose, and weep no more
Your daddy ain't your daddy
But your daddy doesn’t know
.
Race is not a determinable concept my child.
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