C.P. Time (color people time)

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the barber shop opens at 10am 

i get there at 9:55am so i can be the 1st in line for a haircut

1st barber arives at 10:30am

same 30 minutes that you were late

you were caught standing on line for the latest jordans

who quoted

that i make sneakers for suburban white kids

than poor black kids

you just lost $15 dollars plus tip had you arrived on time

you blind people with closed minded justification that you come on C.P time

 

an event for a job fair was posted online 

to arrive on a saturday at 8am sharp

but you feel too tired to wake up

and wait you don't mind camping out with sleeping bags

waking up that same saturday morning 

bright and early to buy the latest iphone

you just lost your opportunity to possibly find the career of a lifetime

yet your obession for the latest gadget

will leave you in an awe

and yet, brag moronically that you have the latest iphone

and like your own reality, you are so disconnected because you won't have the means to pay for next month's bill

 

i ask you to meet me in the city for a meeting at 3pm

you arrived late at 3:15pm

all you can say is my back

you just lost out on business that accumulates more money to your pocket

your excuse

i'm coming on C.P. time

 

a student have a 1st period class at 8:05am

you arrive at 9am

school is not important

but you can pre order nba2k15 at midnight

in which you have no problem showing up at game stop by 11pm

 

if a club promotes free admission to a club before 11pm

C.P will arrive at 10pm from the entrance to around the corner

 

if a pair of lebrons came out on a saturday at 8am

C.P will set their alarm to 6am

leave their home at 7am 

and arrive in front of foot lockers at 7:30am, lines forming in front , and around the corner

 

in step of arriving to work on C.P time

here's an acronym to educate your woeful minds

arrive to work O.T. which stands for On Time

not Overtime

by that point, you'll already be fired

 

if people continue to practice the code of C.P time

then society have every right to make fun of us by saying

minorities don't have their priorities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MVP-Most Valuable Poet

poem is not completed, just started it...........

MVP-Most Valuable Poet

just finish the poem

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dolvas

So true. Great topic of awareness... Some people laugh and call it "color people time" but its no laughing matter. We should always be on time for what ever it is.  Be people of our word... and have responsibility... 

Love it 

MVP-Most Valuable Poet

you right that people laugh it off with pride

it's really shameful to have a discussion as such

but that's the beauty of both poetry and education

check my latest draft to my new poem.........

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