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My Poem

i am 25 years old

black female poet

wrote a poem asking

nigger can you kill

if they kill me

it won’t stop

the revolution

i have been robbed

it looked like they knew

that i was to be hit

they took my tv

my two rings

my piece of african print

and my two guns

if they take my life

it won’t stop
the revolution

my phone is tapped

my mail is opened

they’ve caused me to turn

on all my old friends

and all my new lovers

if i hate all black

people

and all negroes

it won’t stop

the revolution

i’m afraid to tell

my roommate where i’m going

and scared to tell

people if i’m coming

if i sit here

for the rest

of my life

it won’t stop

the revolution

if i never write

another poem

or short story

if i flunk out

of grad school

if my car is reclaimed

and my record player

won’t play

and if i never see

a peaceful day

or do a meaningful

black thing

it won’t stop

the revolution

the revolution

is in the streets

and if i stay on

the 5^th floor

it will go on

if i never do

anything

it will go on