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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