Poetry: GAY GIRL by Akinyemi Abdul-Rahman

   GAY  GIRL

Stare Stare,  she does.
   She looks for reasons to be gay
   Night is for sleep
   Night is peace and time for natural therapy
   So not is the day
   But for discrimination the color receives
   Night is the day
   Bang Bang,  the gun sings
   Arms are now umbrellas
   Persons is the rain
 

   Mama, Mama
   Mama, when is the day?
   That there will be enough water
   Mama, When is the day?
   That we will have leftovers
   That sun will light the market
   That there will be sleep
   Mama, Mama
   She holler

   The voice is gone
   The body responds, NO  NO
   The day is not today
   The night is still not for sleep
   The night is dark, dark is black
   For disregard they give the color
   Sleep is far away until it stops
 

   The disregard for black, which the IT is.

   Long reign peace, long reign black
   For beauty is in the moon
   The moon is in the night
   The night has black
   Black is beauty
   Black is peace
   Black is sex
 

   She blinks
   Finally, she has reasons to be gay
   Because the night is day
   The night is black
   She is black
   The day will come one day
   Black will reign
   She will reign
   Blacks have nothing but to be GAY.

Akinyemi   Abdul-Rahman