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Without A Silver Spoon


A flower bloomed in the middle of a dark room Before birth, was cursed laying in the mommas womb A life nearly born, but already destined to lay in the tomb No tears, because all the pain has been consumed Looking like a fearless soldier so you assume That we've forgotten, and we living smooth We've gotten used to street violence, our bodies are immune All we had was music and some oldie tunes America has thrown away their kids, so we gotta be our own protecters and resume Voiceless discriminated peoples have been importune My people ride and die to have their kids born with a silver spoon You robbed us naked, left us empty like a vacuum My brown folks need to gather and commune But if you're black I also rhyme this for you Both our people are being fucked over, we're close to the doom We were born with one leg on earth and one leg in the tomb Personally I was a disadvantaged flower that bloomed on the ninth of June
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samueltfranklin
A well-executed poem that does not sacrifice form for anger--both are equally apparent in this poem to strong effect. "A life nearly born, but already destined to lay in the tomb" is a very strong line which really sums up the predicament--what's the point of living if your future is already set in stone? There is a book of poetry I think you might enjoy--"Silver" by Jason McCall. This was published last year, and although he writes a lot about mythology in the book, he ties it in with his experience of being a black person born into lingering prejudice and trying to break out of that. You might also check out poems by Langston Hues and the book "Chicago and Other Poems" by Carl Sandburg.

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