Auntee

Arkay Evans
Said I shouldn't be a dancer;
that I shouldn't rap or sing,
and that I should find another way
to make a decent living,
and I used to agree,
wanted to be just like Auntee,
With her smile like the sunrise
that I view from a tree,

Then the flower of a dead Vet opened to me,
how the government charged her
for the education,
how feeding him love
left her starved of appreciation,
how her best friends are debt and self deprecation,
"I do", she said,
made all the right moves,
and still fears the final elimination

And just as with me,
while the man would pay tops for a rhythmic blonde,
he took her nature for free,
for Free...

So I asked my Auntee
what's in store:

Is it better to be used by a man who "loves",
or one that presumes you a whore?

Published by Arkay Evans

Arkay (RK) Evans is the author of The God In Me (2011), Urban Youthology (2011), The Secret Life of Words (2010), Christians Under Construction (2008) and over 600 poetic and short story works. She has serve...  View profile

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  • Thomas Stinger10/5/2008

    What an interesting poem. I understand where she is coming from but yet I feel sorry for her.

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