Grits

Grits

Grits, Dummy

I don’t know this language of the white man

just see the gun in his hand

so i figured i’d get on the boat or lose my life

a hell of choice to make, Live or fight

Grits, Dummy

Dummy means replica of a human being

not every open eye is seeing

Not every closed eye is sleep

what we sow will reap

Grits, Dummy

Your roots will tell all

ancestors didn’t just fall

elders did not fail

and elders will tell

Grits, Dummy

Cotton picker picking cotton

long ago but never forgotten

pick sugar cane or be slain

pickaninny game

(C) Jenavia Powell 2023

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