"Scream Black" by PP Jalil Muntaqim

[nattyreb]

Poem by PP Jalil Muntaqim


Scream Black

Why must I scream to be heard?



Wilderson claims I am Incognegro - to be seen and

not heard, towing the line of assimilation and cultural

annihilation. Ellison claims I am an Invisible Man, not

to be seen in centers of power, allowing recognition of

tokens as a coin of exchange to represent my personal

and political interest.



My words must become like bombs in a vest strapped

on my aged aching consciousness to blow away the

alleged eccentricity of my existence? The blackness

of my vocabulary must refuse to hide your racism, an

inconceivable miscarriage ill-form abortion of humanity.



No longer capable or willing to whisper - rather charge

genocides from atop mounting graves of those who came

before me – Nat, Marcus, Muhammad, Malcolm, Medger,

Martin, and finally in full circle, Newton in self-defense.

Spewing molten volcanic ash of revolutionary ideas, casting

pregnant black clouds of notions castigating white supremacy

with the need to inoculate my descendants from your emasculation

and dehumanization.



Why must I scream to be heard?



To call for Blackmen to stop gagging and choking on their

silence, to spit from the pit of their sour stomachs, together

scream for reparations and liberation – to end the slow death

of internecine forced fratricide and genocidal incarceration.



You need not atone, you need only to explode, reclaiming your

souls. Then, all else will come easy!



Remember: We Are Our Own Liberators!



April 2, 2009

Jalil

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