Stereotype

Stereotype

A Poem by Elijah Gleaves

Dubs on a 
Black caddy 
With the watermelon interior 
Parked outside cracked pavement 
Adjacent 
To North Phily crackhouses, 
Row homes, 
The Gutter 
Skin the color of chicken grease 
High school drop outs 
R.I.P. tats 
Blues jeans 
Nikes 
Weed smoke 
Ghetto Birds 
Search lights 
Any negro 
5'7 to 6'5 
Target practice 

© 2011 Elijah Gleaves


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LOveing ur shortstacks....bravo...

Posted 13 Years Ago


F@#$! for lack of better words.
That is messed up, you didn't even need the word 'black' in this piece. And by the way you forgot 'Fried Chicken'. See all the images you spit out right there is the very reason for it's hard for a minority to get a break... the assumptions based on stereotyping alone. It's wrong but we still do it... You got me thinking and that is always a good thing.


Posted 13 Years Ago


Big city leave kids in a hard situation. Fight or run. Hard to escape violence. Skin color can be different for any big city. Skin can be brown, black or white. Sometime to escape the temptation of blood or drugs overtake the strongest of kids. I like this poem. Three of my brothers died in the streets of Detroit. I was lucky. U.S Army accepted me and showed me more then death and hate. Thank you for a excellent poem. You open the door to many questions with this powerful poem.
Coyote

Posted 13 Years Ago



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Elijah Gleaves
Elijah Gleaves

Philadelphia, PA



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My names Elijah if you couldn't tell from the display name lol. I'm back at writers cafe after some profile issues forced me to delete my previous profile. But the good news is I'm back and better tha.. more..

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