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This is not a recrudescence of sexism and racism In America or in the world, but rather A continuum of malfeasance, antagonism And ******** cruelty of the systemic horror That Blacks and other minorities have endured As slaves whose future was obscured or uninsured. From the nascence of this evil and odious society Filthy cowboys have killed Indians and Africans selfishly And inhumanely. Horse mounting agents or criminals With police or law and order credentials Hoisting or twirling whips and menacing deadly weapons Have acted like obnoxious western movies actors or fripons. This is not a bit surprising in this day and time Where old images have stained their brains Hardened their hearts made of acidic stains And their internal organs are nothing but slime We all have seen the racist, ugly, repugnant and grubby picture Of these devils who blatantly violated the laws of nature Thinking that they will get away with ****** and sins again While bragging that the innocent migrant victims are not human They were wrong yesterday and this morning: Black Lives Matter Haitian Lives Matter and American Indian Lives Matter These coward cowboys will go down, as scuzzbags, in history And they'll be punished for being cruel, aggressive and creepy. Copyright © September 2021, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
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Jan 24
Jan 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM UTC
Not A Recrudescence of Racism In America
America is beautiful, great and wonderful Eadem opera, she is ugly, pitiful and dreadful In regards to the mistreatments of the Native Americans The African Americans and other minorities Yet, America is one of the best countries In the world to be part of or to become citizens Slavery remains an everlasting thorn in her history Discrimination is a skulking cancer that won't go away Any time soon. In the USA, one can always find a way To survive, to make it amidst the chaos and the irony Yes, America remains a land of a plethora of opportunities We all hope and dream of a better America We all pray and wish for a better America Where breathe love, peace and auras of positive energies We love America when she's right, just and fair America, America can be like a Giant Bear Who will equally protect her children America can be like an uncelestial heaven Let's celebrate Juneteenth: the emancipation proclamation And the Fourth of July with love, peace, respect and admiration. Copyright © July 2021, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
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Jun 2, 2025
Jun 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM UTC
America Is About Hybridized Vibes
Not all flowers have thorns but roses do roses are special, they are beautiful just to the likes of you so many flowers are pretty but nothing compares to the aesthetic of roses and that's why they are aware. their thorns protect them they are born to fight but they keep us silent, cut our voices they make us die some people don't like roses or don't like their thorns they'll cut off their leaves because they aren't thorns and they'll cut down the thorns because nothing should be in the way of their love or so they say when they cut our thorns they are so proud but do they know they take the rain out of clouds? they break the spell, they obstruct the beauty sometimes they go ahead and just shoot me I wonder, I wonder oh dear rose of mine why you die, oh you die without your thorns sublime not all flowers are roses but none wishes to be for the life of a rose is as miserable as torture makes us be
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Apr 11, 2021
Apr 11, 2021 at 5:14 AM UTC
Roses
“Have a share“ They say Then only look at some They turn their back on others Pretending they are none There is only a share When things are being shared How can we have a share When some people never were In possession like the others But does that even matter? Rights aren‘t potatoes We don‘t cut them like fries We don‘t share them like a meal We don‘t have to lose to thrive Your ugly entitlement It‘s based on taking from other‘s You took a share and claimed it “right“ Then dared to call it “rights“. There is no “right“ And no meaning to rights“ When you build up on the wrong Rights have never been potatoes You don‘t decide who gets a share Rights are no achievement They are universal care
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Apr 11, 2021
Apr 11, 2021 at 5:02 AM UTC
Rights
Grass, truly greener when one side's left to rot But, then again that is exactly what you profit off
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Jan 27, 2021
Jan 27, 2021 at 5:21 PM UTC
Privilege
Superposition amongst two worlds Collision of chemistry, biology and physics An addition of yin and yang Spirituality A oneness only a minority craves An amalgamation of black and brown Asian strings African drums Mud and Coal Is that not what makes up our world? Not trees with leaves of green dollars Our pain contributes to our art
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Nov 8, 2020
Nov 8, 2020 at 11:18 AM UTC
Superposition Synaesthesia
Americans, well, at least in the media believe that the way to change behaviors is to punish either criminally, civilly or socially anyone who doesn't fit the societal norm. Think about that for a minute, ...when someone is emotionally conflicted to the point that their behavior is no longer considered within a range of acceptance and THEN society decides, or any group, movement, political ideology or party to shun or expel, to incarcerate, admonish and thereby torture an, "emotionally conflicted," soul what you have accomplished by society's response is to create permanent anger and hatred. Permanent anger and hatred. American society therefore can be said to relish hatred and permanent anger as a way of life for all of it's citizens since every single person whom is inflicted with pain upon suffering will be assured to continue inflicting whatever pain and suffering they can on everyone else the rest of their life. So your only solution is to remove these souls from society permanently. Was that the intent? Is that the goal? Do we need law, rules and fantasy crimes for every single thing a person says or does? Is the endgame to remove these from society or to reform them? Imagine now, America arrests or imprisons one million people per year for using drugs, ...there are forty million felons alive today. Wow! Lot of bad guys off the streets huh? Let's put that another way shall we? America ruins a million people a year. America creates a million 'soon-to-be' violent felons every year. "Felons," who were nonviolent before being tortured by society and tortured in prison...forty million angry people live around you right now. Forty million people! America must want the nation to fail for every year we destroy a million people just because we want to be able to say at least I am not as bad as that person and point your finger while knowing there is no reason, no civil crime, that warrants bankruptcy, imprisonment, violence, **** abuse, belittling, shame and banishment just because you personally don't like video games. ...or you don't like gambling, ...or you don't enjoy *** ...or you don't smoke marijuana, ...or you hate Hollywood liberalism. ...you can't stand alcoholics, ...or you're afraid of the mentally ill. ...or your jealous of the *** you perceive someone having, ...angry because you think you work harder than someone else, ...because you deserve a better life so why not destroy others right? Hatred as a virtue. I wonder what our economy would be like if the 'fifty-plus' MILLION alleged criminals had jobs instead of listing away producing the smallest amount of productivity possible because YOU THINK they deserve to have a worse life for acting in a manner you do not agree with PERSONALLY. That is one out of every seven people in The United States. Hatred perpetuated. That is American culture and that is why Black Lives Matter.
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Mar 23, 2018
Mar 23, 2018 at 11:52 AM UTC
Social Statessay
Americans, well, at least in the media believe that the way to change behaviors is to punish either criminally, civilly or socially anyone who doesn't fit the societal norm. Think about that for a minute, ...when someone is emotionally conflicted to the point that their behavior is no longer considered within a range of acceptance and THEN society decides, or any group, movement, political ideology or party to shun or expel, to incarcerate, admonish and thereby torture an, "emotionally conflicted," soul what you have accomplished by society's response is to create permanent anger and hatred. Permanent anger and hatred. American society therefore can be said to relish hatred and permanent anger as a way of life for all of it's citizens since every single person whom is inflicted with pain upon suffering will be assured to continue inflicting whatever pain and suffering they can on everyone else the rest of their life. So your only solution is to remove these souls from society permanently. Was that the intent? Is that the goal? Do we need law, rules and fantasy crimes for every single thing a person says or does? Is the endgame to remove these from society or to reform them? Imagine now, America arrests or imprisons one million people per year for using drugs, ...there are forty million felons alive today. Wow! Lot of bad guys off the streets huh? Let's put that another way shall we? America ruins a million people a year. America creates a million 'soon-to-be' violent felons every year. "Felons," who were nonviolent before being tortured by society and tortured in prison...forty million angry people live around you right now. Forty million people! America must want the nation to fail for every year we destroy a million people just because we want to be able to say at least I am not as bad as that person and point your finger while knowing there is no reason, no civil crime, that warrants bankruptcy, imprisonment, violence, **** abuse, belittling, shame and banishment just because you personally don't like video games. ...or you don't like gambling, ...or you don't enjoy *** ...or you don't smoke marijuana, ...or you hate Hollywood liberalism. ...you can't stand alcoholics, ...or you're afraid of the mentally ill. ...or your jealous of the *** you perceive someone having, ...angry because you think you work harder than someone else, ...because you deserve a better life so why not destroy others right? Hatred as a virtue. I wonder what our economy would be like if the 'fifty-plus' MILLION alleged criminals had jobs instead of listing away producing the smallest amount of productivity possible because YOU THINK they deserve to have a worse life for acting in a manner you do not agree with PERSONALLY. That is one out of every seven people in The United States. Hatred perpetuated. That is American culture and that is why Black Lives Matter.
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they do not love us. they break us down, bit by bit, crumbling until we can't take it anymore. they turn us against each other, fighting like there's no tomorrow, never getting anything done. they make it so we can't live anymore, hate becoming as popular as television and violence a spreading wildfire. we try to push through their concrete barrier, but it will not budge, pushing us deeper down, struggling to breathe as we drown.
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Mar 24, 2018
Mar 24, 2018 at 10:25 AM UTC
our fight
Being a girl is hard But being a black girl... Let me tell you about being a black girl Leave Out Twist Frontal Perm Pick your poison "Unprofessional" Or falling for " European Beauty Standards" " Why are you so quiet?" Do you expect me to be aggressive And snap my fingers in an A-Z formation Light Skin is the best skin Or so they say I'm jealous of my brother, for his caramel skin Oh what I'd do for that caramel skin You think that's the worst of it but have you see **** Cute girl makes love to -insert famous **** star here Ebony ***** gets banged till she squirts Which would you rather watch? If you ever turned on a TV you'd see reality shows with the perfect blue eyed blond hair cast and the one black kid who doesn't get enough attention Ever since Rachel was the Bachelorette I too prayed one day I'll find the man of my dreams Have you ever had a crush on someone and ever think if they even like girls your skin color? Being a girl is hard But being a black girl Oh let me tell you about being a black girl
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Nov 27, 2017
Nov 27, 2017 at 4:13 PM UTC
Diary Of A Black Girl
Trump, he seems to make a point of stirring up the *** He makes outrageous statements, thus making tempers hot. He seems to like upsetting people so they shout or cry. It all seems so unnecessary, so I'd ask him, WHY? These last few days he hurried out an immigration ban, without due consultation that would craft a solid plan. He could have sought out some advice - something that he should try, but he believes he knows it all, which makes no sense. So, WHY? His words and actions seem to make him look like a buffoon; a caricature cut out from some political cartoon. If he'd provide a reason through intelligent reply, there'd be no need to scratch our heads and keep on asking, WHY? He seems to hate minorities and some religious groups. This brings about division and rallies all the troops. This could lead to a new world war where millions would die. Where does he think he's taking us and, more important, WHY? WHY doesn't he just take a moment so he can explain? WHY can't he simply tell the truth and say what's in his brain? WHY can't he and his followers be glad for what they've got? Explain... Be kind... Be strong... Be smart. For heaven's sake, WHY NOT?
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Feb 20, 2017
Feb 20, 2017 at 8:52 PM UTC
Why?
As a sensible, As a logical, And a well informed fellow I asked that when you meet the Devil Where do you draw the line? Quick wit, to leave me assured You affirmed, my friend, I'll never cross this line Persistent and fiendish, as Devils are He barreled through the line, with evil in his eye Thankful to have a friend, I asked, is this enough? Uneasiness overcame me when you said it was okay. Quick wit, to leave me assured You affirmed, my friend, I'll never cross this line But he truly was hell, this ****** Devil Carelessly he pushed right through, past the line again. Worried, I asked, well surely we're in danger? Of course not, he replied, siding with Devil and his plan Quick wit, to leave me assured You affirmed, my friend, I'll never cross this line With no limit, his forked tongue just laughed Storming through again, no one in his way Terrified, I pleaded, this nonsense had to stop My friend, now foe, said this is the only way How foolish I must be to, To ever believe a line that couldn't be crossed. And to think you'd stand by me.
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Nov 22, 2016
Nov 22, 2016 at 8:44 AM UTC
Friend to Foe
I'm sorry you think me offended I'm sorry you refuse to see I'm sorry when I show you the mirror that its white fragility you see I'm sorry that I don't fit your narrative that America is the greatest to be I'm sorry that it hasn't been, not for people like me I'm sorry that you can't accept it's different But I am not sorry for who I am Nor am I sorry for what I believe Not sorry for the truth Not sorry for my protest Not sorry for the bruising words Not sorry for the wounded ego Not sorry for the things to come Not sorry that I'll never quit Just sorry for you.
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Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 2016 at 10:15 AM UTC
I'm Sorry
I have friends who have gotten hot coffee thrown at their backs for only half of their heritage. and I have friends who have been told to hang themselves with things they only wear on special occasions. and I have friends who know nothing of these fears and these events, because their privilege is as dominant as their race sexuality gender and they're as seemingly neurotypical as it comes. but still, they empathize. they understand. and I'm certain if they were asked, they would fight alongside us too. there is hope within this darkness, there is warmth within this storm, we will fight until the end of days, and then we will fight further on. please just stay strong. it would be easy to give in, it would be easy to give up, it would be easy to let this be the end, to sigh and wrap our time up. but this is just the beginning, and we know nothing of the end. so stand against us as our enemies, or rise with us as our friends.
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Nov 11, 2016
Nov 11, 2016 at 10:46 AM UTC
stay strong
dear young black girls, i'm sorry that you cannot turn on the TV and see black female role models. i'm so sorry that you are constantly being shamed for your natural features. sorry that you're constantly under the pressure to comply with eurocentric beauty standards. your skin color is a blessing. your hair is beautiful. do not change anything about yourself for the sake of the way society views you. dear young black boys, i'm sorry that your constantly seen as a threat to those around you. i'm so sorry that you cannot gather in in a group with all of your peers without the fear that you're going to be accused of doing wrong. sorry that society will someday see you as a "deadbeat dad" and someone who won't be able to provide for himself, much less his family. your skin color is beautiful. ignore everyone, keep up the good work, you will be successful. you bleed the same color as every other human being on this planet and i am so sorry that has not yet been recognized after how many years? irrelevant. you are loved, you are wonderful, you are talented, you are unique. follow your dreams. be ambitious. fight for your beliefs. stand your ground. justice will be served. change will come.
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Jul 13, 2016
Jul 13, 2016 at 1:43 AM UTC
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