tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13144739225564347382024-03-12T18:59:26.795-07:00Rhyme & ReasonRaising Lazarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16364207615165059671noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314473922556434738.post-2066117748974297072009-10-26T05:38:00.000-07:002009-11-04T01:20:53.161-08:00Rhyme and Reason by Kat FrancoisZupakat Productions present the 2nd edition of Rhyme & Reason by Kat Francois.<div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">This book can be ordered by email to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">zupakat@gmail.com</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Just £6 plus £2 post and packing to UK (overseas, please email for shipping cost)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kat François</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">RHYME & REASON is Kat’s first published collection of poetry. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Having become the first person in the UK to win a televised slam in 2004, she became World Slam Poetry Champion a year later. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She is currently starring in the BBC educational programme BIG SLAM, and features on BBC radio, including Radio 4’s <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/bespokenword_kat_francois.shtml">BESPOKEN WORD</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Her love for words extends beyond poetry, and her play SEVEN TIMES ME received critical acclaim at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Festivals. Her latest work, <a href="http://www.zupakat.blogspot.com/">RAISING LAZARUS</a>, a play based on the true story of her relative joining the British West Indies Regiment in the First World War, received its debut at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London in 2009.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kat’s poetry and playwriting have seen her perform throughout Europe, as well as Canada, Australia and India.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kat has 20 years of experience working with children as a mentor, personal and social care educator, as well as teaching poetry and drama to children and adults.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-6g9oMiAk&feature=related"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">check video of Kat</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">ORDINARY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> I was 12 when we first met</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">You spotted mum and me in the street.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">Jumped in the back of your blue Ford </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">She told me you were my father.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">I shyly said hello,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">There were some similarities </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">You had teeny mouse ears just like mine</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">Our skin colourings matched, dark chocolate.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">But I dreamt you would be taller</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">With a handsome movie star face</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">Dazzling pearly teeth</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">And manicured nails.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">I dreamt you’d have a deep man voice,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">a warm enveloping laugh.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">I dreamt that when we met you would hug me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">And shower me with love and long lost apologies.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">But that did not happen</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">You were ordinary</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">You could have been anyone’s father</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">I made a mental note to ask mum if she was sure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">I took sneaky looks at you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">Through the rear view mirror</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">You smiled</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">I did not smile back.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">NATURAL GLORY </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Thick concentric rings</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">regally sit on top of Nubian heads</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">each strand, defiant</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">in the face of continued </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">rejection and mutilation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Each coil an antenna</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">creating a direct link to the heavens</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">channeling special blessings </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">which whisper affirmations </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">of self pride</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">and eternal beauty, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">so all little black girls who have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">naps, afros or braids</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">know they are special</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">regardless of the images of perfection </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">shoved down their young throats. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Their mothers are not at war with them </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">but eagerly accept their natural glory</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">lovingly wash, caress, stroke and comb</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">until intricate designs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">passed down through generations</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">criss cross shiny scalps,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">enhancing thick lips, wide noses </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">and complimenting an array of brown hues.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">They learn they are worthy regardless of the length, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">texture of hair or shade of skin.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Negative words bounce off sturdy backs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">for they possess an armour</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">which enables them to see and feel beauty</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">where many only see and feel ugly </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">causing them to stride around </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">with super heroine confidence.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">They walk as tall and proud as warriors</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">and do not care if their locks</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">fail to blow in the wind </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">nor do they feel inadequate when white girls </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">or straight haired sisters preen by. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">They do not spend hours</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">dying, straightening, transforming </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">placing jumpers or towels on heads </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">so they too can flick endlessly. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">They do not grow into women who do not allow men </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">to massage their aching scalps, sensually </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">missing out on important, male, female intimacy.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">They are not the kind of women </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">who try and maintain exact sexual positions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">which do not cause weaves</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">or wigs to be disturbed. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Neither are they afraid of rain</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">but graciously welcome </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">the cool liquid which sustains life.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Thick concentric rings </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">regally sit on top of grown Nubian heads</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">each strand</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">defiant</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">in the face </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">of continued rejection and mutilation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">These women banish </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">false images of attraction</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">shoved down the throats </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">of daughters, nieces, aunts, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">mothers and grandmothers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">turn their back on Eurocentric ideals </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Verdana;font-size:10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">which prove wholeheartedly unattainable </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi- 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