THEIR WARPED THINKING


today they are at it still
chasing after the whirlwinds
trying to run away from themselves
deaf to the waves of emancipation


still thinking white is right
bleaching the ebony skin
wallowing in murky self rejection
aping the oppressors still


attaching horse hair to their heads
running away from knotted, kinky hair
seeing beauty in pencil thin bodies
rejecting the corpulent afrikan fullness