For Your Entertainment Only (Leroy The Clown)
Does my appearance offend you?
Depending on whom I ask,
It tends to.
Why are you so obsessed with my full lips,
Why must you seek to change your body
To the likeness of my aunties wide hips.
My hair may feel like cotton,
But that’s not to say it’s cotton candy,
So if you’d gladly,
Get less handy,
Without the
Approval of your fingers within my scalp
I’d appreciate it.
I see you’ve taken notice of how
desirable my brown skin is,
Most kissed by the sun,
So you sit in front of it,
Hoping yours will get some.
But
A tan and melanin,
Are two different things,
Like real gold,
And gold plated rings.
It seems as though I am just a joke to you,
Perhaps a clown.
You laugh at my broad nose,
But it’s beautiful and smells your bullshit
From a mile away.
I guess what I’m trying to say,
is…
From me and my people,
And the culture you stole…
It would seem you owe me,
It’s time to Pay up
Because I’m NOT
For your entertainment only.
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Name: For Your Entertainment Only
25 Limited Edition
Black Ink Signed Print.
Framing Optional upon Request.
Artists Name: Shaquille-Aaron Keith
Shaquille-Aaron Keith is a Trinidadian-British Artist, whose style and likeness can be considered to be inspired by that of Kerry James Marshall, Basquiat and even Frida Kahlo. His works are often radical, personal or often commentating on our current social climate. He draws inspiration from things such as growing up in a household with 3 other siblings with an immigrant single mother to the harsh moments southeast London black teenagers go through. There’s never a dull moment in Keith’s work, whether that’s through his paintings or through his poetry.
