Simon Samuda Poems

Race ought not play a role,
In the assessment of an individual.

This commendable thought on racial conduct,
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I wish I was a Nubian,
Black silk skin protected by melanin,
Slim body, distinguished facial features,
I wish I was a Nubian.
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A shadow in the night,
I, they never see,
Do I exist.
Sometimes I wish.
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Do you have good values,
Do money and success define you,
Are ethics a big deal,
Would you lie and steal.
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I, too am your Brother.

I am the lighter brother.
They cast aspersions on my name,
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The Black question,
As studied by the Marxist, Communist, Socialist.
If Black men study the question,
Then they must be Black Nationalist.
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We have been Bamboozled.

Guantanamo Bay prisoner sings,
'Get Up and Stand up, do not give up the fight.'
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Unleash your potential be not afraid of your capabilities.

The greatest fear is fear itself.
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This life is but an illusion.
Dispense with everything you have ever been taught.
The world you and I inhabit is nothing but a thought.
Think about it.
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They were able to interpret phrases like fetch, sit and attack.
They were domesticated unlike the grey wolf.
They prefer to move amongst us in packs.
No cats allow, Cat! "use the one at the back."
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