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Tired of being black

Hasan Johnson 1980 (Peoria Illinois)

My skin color doesn’t wash off
My bank account doesn’t increase
My innocence doesn’t convince the police
The law doesn’t protect me
The school doesn’t educate me
The job doesn’t even want to pay me

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Written on April 12, 2023

Submitted by HasanM.Johnson on April 12, 2023

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Scheme ABBCCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 213
Words 39
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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