Love Poem: Rhythm and Blues
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Written by: Karen Jones

Rhythm and Blues

They want our rhythm but not our blues
They envy our natural melanin yet tan too
We wear our style and they call it hood
They copy it now and say it’s all good

They want to erase our heroes and heroines 
Because there’s a power in the skin we’re in
King, Tubman, Malcom X, Garvey and more are
Past heroes guiding future black American stars

They say it’s DEI and continue to denim deny
Racist goals and faulty souls as the reason why 
Black is resilient beautiful and brilliant so true
You enslaved raped murdered hate, we don’t need you