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Dear White People

Darrell Pender 1967

(c) 1/28/2020

Dear White People,
What do you see when looking at me?
Is it only the shade of melanin?
Is it that you think I will not comprehend?
Is it that you don't see another man?
Is it that you believe that only you should stand?
Do you not see the image of God in every man!

The hate that fuels against races of a darker shade,
we are all fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Submitted by dbarrow1230 on January 23, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXAXA BB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 367
Words 75
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 2
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