One Hood, One View

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    One Hood, One View

    Your black hood is a signature,

    A souvenir of who you are,

                That’s what they think at least,

                That you’re a dirty, rotten youth,

                Who never even had the chance to walk the straightened arrow

    But they don’t see why you do it-

    The things you do,

    Why you act the way you do,

                            And soon as they glimpse that black hood,

                            You’re stamped and done with in their book

                Troubled Teens

                Unfit Youth

                Undeserving, Ungrateful Children,

    Who only see violence, who think crime is the way,

    But they’re the ones with one perspective,

    The ones who turn and look the other way

                Hypocritical Judges,

    Say the want to help, but fight,

                            Look at me like I belong in prison,

                            ‘cause I wear my hood this cold, cold night

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    lucindaclaire commented on One Hood, One View

    12-11-2009

    My son is a huge hoody fan and he's African- American two strikes, so far. Personally, I like hoody's. They provide a great way to keep your neck warm when you don't have a scarf. I love working with teens. You have much to teach us older ones. Very excellent work.

    Paolo commented on One Hood, One View

    06-02-2009

    I like the voice of this poems take on our prejudicing others. I do find the phrasing clumsy though but expect with a little editing it would be much better.

    A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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