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Dear light skinned man

Lethukuthula Ahana Mathebula 2007 (Mpumalanga)

Dear light skinned man
Can you tell what I've wronged
That you hate me to the core
That you treat me like thrash
Oh please light skinned man
I would like to hear it from the horse mouth
So that I can be at ease
And let you live in peace
What have I done, that you have bound me in your chains?
That you don't feel my pain not hear my screams?
Can you please tell me my fault
That you whip me countless slashes
And  take away my freedom?
Ohh,is it that I'm too dark?
Or that I have the power of ten men?
Is it that I walk like a peacock?
Or that I'm illiterate unlike you
Dear light skinned man
Can you please tell me my fault

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The poem is about a black slave asking his master as to why he mistreat him

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Written on December 06, 2023

Submitted by lethukuthulaahanamathebula on December 06, 2023

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Scheme AbcdaefghiJklmnopAJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 626
Words 138
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
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