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Old 11-24-2007, 04:14 PM
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Black Woman Missing, A Poem
BLACK WOMAN MISSING ( dedicated to Latasha Norman )
written in anger by George L. Cook III November 23, 2007 www.letstalkhonestly.com

I am a black woman missing

Why don't you talk about me?
Don't you care where I might be?
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV?

What's wrong?
I'm not pretty, white and rich?
I guess that to you
I'm just some poor black .....

Why don't you talk about me?
Don't you care where I might be?
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV.

Why don't I get air time?
Is it the fact that I don't have naturally straight hair?
Is is that America isn't interested?
Is it that America just doesn't care?

Why don't you talk about me?
Don't you care where I might be?
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV.

I may still be alive!
Someone may have seen me!
Maybe they would remember
If they saw my face on TV!

So ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX News
Why don't you talk about me?!
Don't you care where I might be?!
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV?!

I am a black woman missing!
Please talk about me!
Help America find me!
PUT MY STORY ON TV!

George L. Cook III
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Old 11-25-2007, 05:48 AM
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Oh My! MR GEORGE I sooooo thank you for posting this poem. It seems only like what I was talking about earlier except for the MSNBC aspect was only to my blood brother. It's interesting really when we ask the same questions of our brethren, but only to have silence as the answer.... Most importanly though I think it's nice to see brothas like you demanding an answer to such a most pivotal question. Pivotal because some refuese to acknowledge us as Black folk who not only picked the cotton of this land, but cultivated this land and deserve at least a passing acknowledgement of thanx....

Now - I'm not crazy about your repetitive line "Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV?" because I KNOW my People have earned more than a passing glance, look, crooked facade & knod towards the boob tube... We've earned more of an acknowledgement for the invention that hasn't ever had even a hooded wink.... I can certainly understand the frustration from whence you draw your words and inspiration from though.

Black Woman Missing? Nope - not on my watch! I do thank you for sharing your poem with us!

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I appreciate your frustration and I think it is probably shared by many minorities...your passion shows.....
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