I was just thinking.

About the narrative.

Bear with me here.

I was just thinking

About the narrative.

It was illegal to teach black folk to read and write

yet

“Illiterates” turned literacy on its head.

Beats, rhymes and life…

Look what we did with language

they didn’t want us to know

Or understand.

To use

to speak

truth to power

because they knew

They know.

words are weapons.

Deadly. Dangerous and Everlasting.

We wield ours…

simile, satire metaphor

Alliteration to

Allegory

Prolific prose

Hypocrisy

Exposed.

Keep reading keep writing keep speaking your (the) truth.