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Rhino

If I were from Africa or Brazil

or one of those places,

where I slept on a mat in a little room,

America would be weird to me.

Because of like food commercials.

McDonald's.  Or Tempur Pedics!

Where it's all about comfort

and they're worried about the arc

in their bed, and I mean,

I'm sleeping on a mat.

 

I think about myself too much

and I don't think about other people

as much as I would want to.

I want to think about how others are feeling

when I talk to them, you know?

I've tried to drop all stereotypes

because really everyone

has an individual category.

And I think everyone has at least

a small amount of mercy.

Even if they don't show or choose it.

 

And I love Mom.  

So much

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Written by
masikanicrocodile
Kenyan
Published
Mar 1, 2013
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For Alan, my 13 year old cousin-brother, who said all these words to me

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