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Set your alarms, y'all. I'm mad WOKE. Order Chinese—send in the clowns. (General Tso, you know, was white . . . Africa's in on the corporate joke) And every lion-tamer frowns. Sleeping late on Sabbath morning You might miss my woke-ass warning; Time for you to get it right. Soccer moms talked on, inept Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. Hoping lion's would not bite'em, Lambs were roaring, panthers leapt. (Lamb-chops are a pricey item...) Blind-men too, received their sight, Discovering new shades of white, As one young sheep, determined, kept Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. War on Whiteness! Dark the night. Time to dis-empower their light. Pull the plug on those Caucasians; Afro-centrify all Asians! Full-court press, seconds remaining Final quarter: there's the game Light-skinned Latins start complaining People of color hold no grudge; Whitey look for who to blame. Take notes, brother. Here come the judge. Fools held court. The jury prepped: Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. Then— the basketball was ended. Cross-country skiing now the rage. Black was under-represented; Social justice facts presented: Winter sports now turned the page. Nordic culture was up-ended. Pride makes possible all, except Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. St. George Floyd is celebrated Neighborhoods get burned to ashes Racist rioters compensated Whiteness hits the brakes—and crashes. Mary murmured . . . Jesus wept Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept.
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Apr 4, 2023
Apr 4, 2023 at 9:19 PM UTC
Wokesplanations
Set your alarms, y'all. I'm mad WOKE. Order Chinese—send in the clowns. (General Tso, you know, was white . . . Africa's in on the corporate joke) And every lion-tamer frowns. Sleeping late on Sabbath morning You might miss my woke-ass warning; Time for you to get it right. Soccer moms talked on, inept Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. Hoping lion's would not bite'em, Lambs were roaring, panthers leapt. (Lamb-chops are a pricey item...) Blind-men too, received their sight, Discovering new shades of white, As one young sheep, determined, kept Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. War on Whiteness! Dark the night. Time to dis-empower their light. Pull the plug on those Caucasians; Afro-centrify all Asians! Full-court press, seconds remaining Final quarter: there's the game Light-skinned Latins start complaining People of color hold no grudge; Whitey look for who to blame. Take notes, brother. Here come the judge. Fools held court. The jury prepped: Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. Then— the basketball was ended. Cross-country skiing now the rage. Black was under-represented; Social justice facts presented: Winter sports now turned the page. Nordic culture was up-ended. Pride makes possible all, except Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept. St. George Floyd is celebrated Neighborhoods get burned to ashes Racist rioters compensated Whiteness hits the brakes—and crashes. Mary murmured . . . Jesus wept Wokesplaining Blackness to the slept.
Stay woke, y'all
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Apr 4, 2023
Apr 4, 2023 at 9:19 PM UTC
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