Merecumbé



Quisiera ser negro
para que la otra persona
se cambie de acera,
quisiera ser negro
para que de las fotos
me dejen afuera,
quisiera ser negro
para infundir respeto
porque el diablo
se viste con similar aspecto.

Quisiera ser negro
porque sienten lástima,
sienten misericordia,
y si eso los hace humanos
no me importa ser el sacrificado.

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White charity turned into racism for believing itself superior

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Submitted by idbm on December 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AxaAbaAcac Axcbc
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 336
Words 63
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 5

Ivan David Brieva Maldonado

 · 1980 · Bogotá

Colombian lawyer writes social poetry inclined to change the human condition more…

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