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.
poems and ruminations written in homespun plain language that everybody can understand.
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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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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