Eulogy
by teej (copyrighted by teej)
Written for a Barbie invitational show comparing the United States under President Bill Clinton and under George W. Bush
Did you know her in the 90's?
Beautiful ...
Promising ...
Alive ...
So many choices
Popular, smart, funny
A little melting pot:
- Daddy's lightly mochaed skin
- Mama's full lips
- Grandpa's slanted eyes
- Great grandma's curly hair
She was King's dream made flesh
All children joining hands and
walking together
as sisters and brothers
With a new decade
Came a new leader
The Nice Guy
The Right Guy
Praying, protecting the unborn
Upholding the Holy
Crushing the Sinful
UnEducating the masses
with tales of abstinence
Our beautiful girl became the enemy
- Too many rice-eating relatives
Befriending Buddha
- Too may burka-wearing aunts
Praying to Allah
- Too many Berg cousins
Shabbat Shaloming
The melting pot became ans iron cauldron
The dream became a nightmare
Earning her playmates medals
For killing her cousins
With 9/11
The hatred flourished
And, she could not silence it
The African sun continued to rise in her heart
The craving for HaShem cried out from her soul
No amount of makeup
could erase the history
of Colored from her face
The Nice Guy grew in strength
As her promises, her life, her choices
Crumpled under the weight
of his American dream:
Ruled by the Right
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