To Anita

high/yellow/black/girl
walken like the sun u be.
move on even higher.

those who
laugh at yo/color
have not moved
to the blackness we be about

cuz as Curtis Mayfield be sayen
we people be darker than blue
and quite a few
of us be yellow
all soul/shades of
blackness.

yeah. high/yellow/black/girl
walk yo/black/song
cuz some of us
be hearen yo/sweet/music.

–by Sonia Sanchez

Good morning.

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And always, have a peaceful day.

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