Sorry I’m late!

Different, I’m different,

I’m different, they say.

Different than what? What makes me that way?

What makes weak skin desirable? Sunburns beautiful?

Different, I’m different,

You’re different than me,

I’m different than the jazzy chocolate tones of the Stolen,

A history beyond slavery, a future beyond discrimination,

They know how to make lemonade out of the worst lemons.

Different, I’m different,

I’m different than thee,

I’m different than the strong cinnamons of the Slaughtered,

They were here before history, before that murderous monster Columbus,

Where are they now? Their voice lays buried in the wastelands where we dumped them.

Different, I’m different,

I’m different than he.

I’m different than the many tones of the world,

Everyone’s different,

So who is the same?