This poem was the 3rd Place Winner in our 3rd Annual Poetry Contest.<\/p>\n
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5’3 with an itty bitty waist, with some itty bitty tittys and a pretty brown face<\/p>\n
19, with a gap in my teeth, I’m addicted to weave but that’s the only thing fake<\/p>\n
96 was when my mom gave birth to me<\/p>\n
I can’t describe how much that woman’s worth to me<\/p>\n
I love my dad, but he cheated on my mom<\/p>\n
Not once, not twice, I think it’s still going on…<\/p>\n
And she still with him<\/p>\n
I hate to see them together<\/p>\n
I’m in a bad place and I don’t know whether, to weather this storm or to scream in her face<\/p>\n
Man, I hate to face that pretty brown face<\/p>\n
I might as well get a mirror, I see me when I see her<\/p>\n
I see…Hold up, where’s the windex<\/p>\n
I see me when I see her<\/p>\n
But yo, I swear to God I do not want to be her<\/p>\n
But yo, I pray to God she knows her baby girl sees her<\/p>\n
So if I catch my man slippin, I pray to God I won’t kill him<\/p>\n
Chaotic, psychotic women I’m too pretty for prison<\/p>\n
25 to life, I’m too little for prison<\/p>\n
Confliction within my feelings I should stop reminiscing<\/p>\n
I should…<\/p>\n
Not share my business, I’m sorry, I’m trippin<\/p>\n
Forget the windex, please look at me with cloudy vision<\/p>\n
So identity piece huh? Well this all imma say<\/p>\n
5’3, no tits and a pretty brown face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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