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Just Being Me (Free verse) by jsab78
You see these eyes and compare to my name,
Anglo-Saxon is not my style,
I feel a different kind of pain,
Not a minority or a slave of racial wars,
Darkend scarred skin from chemical burns and broken hearts,
I am "olive" and yellow to some,
Classified as asian and accepted by none,
Stereotypes and categories don't apply,
You perception of my looks are what you think is mine,
I am NOT,
Not yours, not any,
No culture classification,
I was not created by your one and only nation,
I am worldly,
No claims to a land and never belonging,
I like it like that,
I prefer to relate to all those under velour skies and clouds drifting
toward the sun,
Stop placing me in a class because in this world we are one,
Slanty eyes and olive skin, red streaks in my hair from my irish
granmother,
Small chest from gentics of the orient, hula hips and features from my
own mother,
Did you call me what? Sorry, I am another,
Racist comments won't work on me,
This is one world... let us be one... I'm just being me
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Arithmetic Mean: 5.4
Weighted score: 5.2
Overall Rank: 4547
Posted: October 5, 2002 2:03 PM PDT; Last modified: October 5, 2002 2:03 PM PDT
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Also, I'd be interested to know where you're getting all this "prefer to use big words to make your work more appealing", "dark and deep", "Marilyn Manson", "black lipstick" stuff from. As far as I can tell you've just invented it on the spot, but if it helps you cope, by all means carry on.