Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2011

Open Mic...

The Strong Black Woman is Dead!



On August 15, 1999 at 11:55 p.m., while struggling with the reality of being a human instead of a myth, the strong black woman passed away, without the slightest bit of hoopla. Medical sources say that she died of natural causes, but those who knew and used her know she died from: being silent when she should have been screaming, milling when she should have been raging, being sick and not wanting anyone to know because her pain might inconvenience them. An overdose of other people clinging on to her when she didn't even have energy for herself.
 
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