(what?! i like the healthy “sizzurp”!)*
in a can or soda bottle tinted
read a
magazine saw an ad for Sprint®
it said “I Am
Unlimited”
my light shines
low but it don’t go out
it dont go
out no it don’t go outmy light shines low but it don’t go out
make my hatuhz stomp & shout
came outside saw a dude
with meat all over his apron
his North Face® so dirty was rude
spittin rhymes to his cell
(for an agent a rep or a label?)
the air became smoke provin him able
my light shines
low but it don’t go out
it dont go
out no it don’t go outmy light shines low but it don’t go out
make my hatuhz stomp & shout
on the d train
headin north
she was reading
biologybout to graduate go to college
said she gonna do psychology
life aint
but a dream they say
but my hatuz,
doubters and naysayers______ my senses eh vah ree day
mirror mirror on the wall
do I hate, doubt and negateMYSELF at all?
got to my
building
said hello
to Miss Sing from 3Cturned the key to 3B what did I see? Dad
grinning
ear to ear
had my SAT
score in his handhugged, no, squeezed me near!
my light shines
low but it don’t go out
it dont go
out no it don’t go outmy light shines low but it don’t go out
made my
hatuhz stomp & shout!
Teen Task: 1.Give
yourself a chance 2.
Journal your thoughts about the poem, Believe
3.
Discuss Believe with your parents.
*Health food stores carry natural sodas…sodas without chemicals and dyes and sweetened with cane sugar, agave (from the plant) or other natural sources. Popular brands include Zevia, 365 by Whole Foods Markets, Boylan and my personal favorite Knudsen Spritzers – comes in cola, orange, lemon/lime, even cherry flavors! AND you can party and enjoy good company….CONSCIOUSLY!
Regular Sizzurp, or “purple drank”, on the other hand, is a dangerous prescription-strength cough-syrup-laced concoction which which is mixed with soda and candy for extra sweetness - . and includes promethazine a depressant of the central nervous system, and codeine, an opiate, the same family of drugs as heroin and morphine. Promethazine has been noted to intensify the euphoric effects of codeine in the brain. So the “purple drank” gets its name from the dyes in the cough syrup.
Thank you for reading.
~Quelyn, Author of
Validation Denied Grace Bestowed:somewhere between the ghetto and God was something called foster care...
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