Me with Two Roots



My aunt with the rhythm
moves to exotic music
brown hand beats drum
I begin to dance

My cousin with the wide hips
wears her hair natural
she steals all the stares
I let my feathers go

My husky uncle with the food
eating chocolate-covered almonds
near the Tequila and black-eyed peas
I sip some poison

We with our eyes
stare off far away
we vision our thoughts
I see African trees in Mexico
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX XXXB XXXX XXXB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 374
Words 74
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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