Living as a Lesbian by Cheryl Clarke

Living as a Lesbian by Cheryl Clarke

Author:Cheryl Clarke
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-26T05:00:00+00:00


And . . . don’t sleep before midnight.

And don’t fret over the Poles.

We in the same fix

with the Pope’s position on lust

and family protection

a storefront on every corner

in Manhattan.

Don’t be no fool, now, cool.

Imperialism by any other name

is imperialism.

Even Vietnam was finally over.

It’s all the same —

a-rabs, gooks, wogs, queers —

a nigger by any other name . . .

Johannesburg is Jamesburg, New Jersey.

Apartheid is the board of education

in Canarsie.

So . . . don’t be taken in your sleep now.

Call your assailant’s name now.

Leave the building empty

the doors unlocked

and raise the windows high

when they pass by.

Leave signs of struggle.

Leave signs of triumph.

And leave signs.



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