women of color
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War Baby Comes to America
By Faizah Uddin
My grandmother births
war baby
in hiding. In 1971. In what will become Bangladesh.
The past three years have been the
hardest
strongest
most vulnerable
time of my life.
2016
granny died suddenly, stage 4 pancreatic cancer
two weeks,
three days,
gone.
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Thank you, Mom
For the mayonnaise
Plastered on me
Like a filter to hide
My blood
Thank you, Mom
For the twang
She is the calm before the stormThe lightning bolt that strikesTake her as she isShe is a womanof might
PRELUDE: Black Out Poem (Warm Up)
A kiss
He was waiting for.
He wanted more of a girl
Who was warm and generous with her praise.
America the great
The beautiful
The selfish
The blind
The ignorant
When will you realize that women are much more
More than
Women of color need poetry
Because the pillaging,
colonizing,
and mining,
of our lands
is justified.
