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Wrapped in my Black Skin [1]
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Date: 2025-04-18
Wrapped in my black skin…
Wrapped in my black skin, I listen and wonder
Do you know what it's like, to hear your arguments
about how your children are being indoctrinated
by the teachings of my side of history
How it will damage their psyche
If they should hear about slavery
and deeds committed by their ancestors
Wrapped in my black skin, I watch you and wonder
Do you know what it's like, to listen to your whining?
About cancel culture and replacement theories
As you take idiotic stances over potato heads
And throw childish tantrums overs caricatures
As my history is being wiped
As my rights are being removed
Wrapped in my black skin, I close my eyes to ponder
Do you know what it's like, to see you dive into your privilege?
As you bemoan the fact that blacks can't let it go
While you chant never forget dates of import to you
Tragedies that happened to your own kind
But you'd deny me even the right to my memories
As not to feel even the littlest discomfort
Wrapped in my black skin, I muse silently
Do you know what it's like, to watch you spin tall tales
Spilling crocodile tears over the death of a woman
Who invaded the very seat of our democracy
While you still spew, he or she deserved it
Every time those wrapped in black skin are killed
Over far less offensive offenses, sometimes even none
Wrapped in my black skin, I can't help but think
As you whip yourself into a frenzy of rage
Over your own made-up silly grievances
That as the earth warms and the sun burns hotter
Maybe in the not-so-distant future
You will also be wrapped in a black skin
And I can finally stop wondering
If you know anything
About how we feel
Those of us
Wrapped in black skins
trying against all odds
To quell the rising tide
Of our resentment
Muriel Vieux
September 23rd, 2021
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