Black Men are
Stallions
kicking
bucking
biting
Stallions
refusing their backs
to those who come
with maps
ropes
saddles
and
spurs
sharpened
They gallop
gallop
gallop away
fast fast fast fast
like wild Stallions
making winds of dust
leaving no hoofprints
galloping fast
to open fields of their dreams
where no one can break them in
tame them
train them
name the trails for them.
Black Men
are also
high-stepping
footprinting
dancing gentle
Stallions
who cushion their backs
for those
without spurs
who ride light
with stroking hands.
(Gloria Wade-Gayles)
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