The Thorny Problem

For PhyllisWheatleySojournerTruthHarrietJacobsZoraNealeHurston

AudreLordeSoniaSanchezBillieHolidayJuneJordanNikkiGiovanni

MayaAngelouToniMorrisonSherleyAnneWilliamsAliceWalker

NtozakeShangeGaylJonesJamaicaKincaidGloriaNaylorAnd

Dem

I am

                              NOT the problem

The Problem is

                              the battering that YOUR already

eMASCUlated, laceRATED body, soul and eGO have

                              always received and accepted from

the other peoples, places and thangs of yourstory

I am

                    NOT the thorn in your side

I am

                    the kaleidoscopic, prismatic, morphing projector

that you have created to view your impotent

lack

and

limpness

You are

                    so twisted and tortured and

Blinded by the white that you cannot see the me that

I am

~EBPryor

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