I Brush My Teeth with White Supremacy 

(a release of trauma, inherited from Black Daddies and Mamas, so they be free through me)

By Jolivette Anderson ‘the poet warrior’

April 24, 2013

In the morning
when I rise
I shake
myself awake
make
my daily hygiene rituals
look in the mirror,
see my reflection, 

       mama's cheeks
       daddy's eyes
         ... SMILE …

reach for tooth-
brush, paste, waste
no time in pretense

today, still at war --- so ---

I brush my teeth
with WHITE SUPREMACY
it makes my teeth 

sparkle 

bright
so my SMILE beams light
Into darkness
blinding the Whites
Who hate the sight - of -
Me, and
     Jethro's eyes,
     Helen's cheeks