I’m paper-thin
Drunk on gin
I’m a curiosity
Some would say monstrosity
Pull my wires
Sparking fires
I’ll dance for you
Rhythm and blues
Like my dance?
No chance?
Get back, brother, get back.
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by Cail Judy
December 2009
From Down To The River, a poetry chapbook inspired by African-African authors
This poem is based on the Sambo doll in Ralph Ellison’s masterpiece Invisible Man
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