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blank color


Im not racist 

im an evaluater 

I llke to tell the difference between people

and the time 

social media tries to convince me that its a crime 

especially if the person or time

Im evaluating is a little dorker or lighter then whats mine.

I love colors

I always have.

but you try seeing straight when you call a racist, dad.

I tried to convinve him that coloring books dont look right if you only use one color

he only made one exeption 

and I called her mother 

some how she could make a man color blind with out saying a word 

in this prison being invisible was somthing I prefered 

I was the same shade as her  

but he beat me dispite the fact that I look just like her.

he'd put his hands around my neck only tighter 

couldnt remember if I was the cursed 

or the surviver 

and everyday I'd get a little higher

mentally escape the fire 

letting color fade 

high enouph untill people became as blank as the backs of my coloring books 

 

 

 

 

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