A Martian landing in Central Park
Is as likely as a Black man becoming President.
So I thought ... until last night.
Now I await little green men.
Obama’s skin tone did not go unnoticed,
Millions preferred a white man.
Millions decided that color was not enough.
Discrimination did not disappear with victory,
Our problems as a culture, nation, people,
Still here this morning, will not evaporate.
But today I’m proud to be an American!
Martin Luther King, who gave voice to possibility,
Might have envisioned this election.
Three years ago I would’ve thought it delusional.
Today, before the Philistines trample on the parade,
Let’s hold the moment with the love of a parent
Telling her child “ You could be ------”
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