Ancestry sent me an update –
I’m more African than before,
not sure how they pulled that off.
Just the other day I told a friend
on facebook I was whiter than most –
Which most? was her quick retort.
I guess we made our points.
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poems and ruminations written in homespun plain language that everybody can understand.
I, too, suffered under the delusion of blackness
until Ancestry stripped it away with one report
claiming more Irish/Scottish roots than I felt comfortable acknowledging
and even Basque country heritage
that has long called out to my imagination
why do we measure blackness, I wonder
why shun the 1% indigenous South American roots
or the strange reference to Carlist France?
who were these strangers who polluted my African soul
and how do I capture their now ancient memories?
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Did I tell you I love your poetic response?
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Amazing how every person. living or dead, is an archive and a library. Thanks for your note.
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