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MY COLOR IS BLACK

Dr. T. Pinnock 1962 (Hartford, Ct)

I came from my people.
I was put in a home because
my people could not take care of me.
All these people were around me.
I did not know what to do.
I hid my face. I did not want to look.
I made a friend name Joe, who was my best friend.
This hospital is my home.
My friend helped me to understand,
I had to leave the hospital.
I lived home for two years.
Then I came to another hospital.
They put me away,
That I didn’t understand,
Until I found out what I am,
It will be a mystery.



Theodore Arthur Pinnock
Age 8

About this poem

In this poem, there is a recorded history of the inception of Dr. ‎Pinnock's incessant desire to belong. At 8 he felt rejected and alone. Today he feels the same.

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Submitted by dr_pinnock on July 08, 2021

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Scheme AXBBXXXXCAXAXCXB XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 498
Words 108
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 2
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Dr. T. Pinnock

Dr. Pinnock first wrote poetry in the institution he resided in inside a classroom at 8 years old. The typewriter was old and manual with a keyguard. A keyguard is a device with an opening for each key to prevent a person lacking fine motor skills from accidentally hitting a key. Dr. Pinnock was granted permission to use the class alone. He labored there typing for hours ignoring his cerebral palsy. Dr. Pinnock grew up with his family until August of 1970. Poverty forced his parents to make him a ward of the State of Connecticut. more…

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