It Aint No

it aint no
bookstos
in de berry
where i lives

teacher say read
mama say read granma say
read evythin you get yo
hans on boy
but
it just aint no bookstos
in de Berry
where i lives
lady in de liberry
say she aint got
no books on black folks
uncle jake (he wento collige)
he say read books on blacks
say evythin else aint bout me
lady she say try de booksto
guess uncle jake dont know
guess lady dont know neivah

aint no bookstos
here aint no
bookstos where i lives
in de Berry


-Bob O'Meally in My Black Me edited by Arnold Adoff.

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