Poetry is conversational
we are all born
with the ability to learn
make sound
For a people
with
a language given
we make it
our own
create new versions
innovate
and that ingenuity
is nothing to be ashamed of
I am not
in the business of creating
bourgeois black kids
I am only
interested in young brown bodies
being able to
articulate and tell their stories
That is All.
A poem that came to me after being told a student should change her language to proper English. (-_- )