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Bragas
06-10-2008, 11:02 PM
I speak in the dialect of my former ancestors-
So i bleed in chains and they change my born given name.
Slave trade and Games.
Family in parts Brought to the stage.
Signs, read:
"Nigger for sale, Strong and ready to work."
And this is English, this is in English terms.

I speak in the dialect of my former ancestors-
con mis resentimientos y odio detras de mi
odio para el lengua inglesa
la gente que habla ignorancia
And this is my language-this is my idea.

I speak in the context of my influences.
I speak the language that robbed an entire population.
To create this oblivious nation.
To create seperation.
In categories.
Let me define with letters-
A-Apart-in selfishness.
B-Blasphemy as a prerequisite
C-Change in the form of dollar signs
D-Death and the wails of mothers that cry
E-Evolution as answers
F-Forget the creator-and call the slaveowner master
...
The diversity in my words
The spirit in the subject

I'd choose to forget English-If it would end the suffering.

zerohalo21
06-10-2008, 11:20 PM
Hmmm i really like all of your work as you probably know, but with this one i don't really know how to take it, maybe its cause i'm white and haven't been subject to the kind of thing that you speak about here...

Bragas
06-10-2008, 11:25 PM
Hmmm i really like all of your work as you probably know, but with this one i don't really know how to take it, maybe its cause i'm white and haven't been subject to the kind of thing that you speak about here...


haha word i totally understand bro.
Im just really really pissed off right now.
My poem is a reflection of that.

zerohalo21
06-10-2008, 11:26 PM
haha word i totally understand bro.
Im just really really pissed off right now.
My poem is a reflection of that.

Yeah i understand that... By the way i don't think you should leave the cafe there are alot of people on here that like and respect you...

Daniel Jones
06-10-2008, 11:29 PM
Yeah, Bragas, don't leave. You're a really cool member, and almost everyone likes you.

Bragas
06-12-2008, 05:50 PM
haha sall good im gonna hang for a bit...just keep my nose out of the places that piss me off...but yehh fellas thanks for the concern

EDIT: how do i block the religon and whatever section is it possible im trna figure it out but dont have the patience.

Tyler Self
06-13-2008, 06:38 PM
I like the inclusion of (proper!) spanish, especially how it rhymes well. I've always wanted to write about a topic that I think is similar to what this poem is about.

However, the first reading of your part that has the bolded letters seemed a little akward. Maybe I didn't read it the correct way, meaning I didn't pause at a certain spot or what have you.

Bragas
06-14-2008, 07:01 AM
hah i feel you bro. Here's a sample of the flow. (http://media.putfile.com/yooo-79)

a little unclear. but you get the idea?


...ah yeh i think im gonna keep this habit...when i can post better quality sound perhaps it may or may not affect the impact of the poem. i dont know but i kind of dig it.

Elemental106
06-20-2008, 12:20 AM
Denise, great poetry and writing as alwayss.