<== Father begins
I asked her
to clean up
her room.
She said,
“I’m not a slave.”
“Nuh, duh,” I said,
“cause if you were,
with that attitude,
you’d be dead.”
“No. I would be
like Harriet Tubman
or Sojourner Truth.
And in honor of
Black History Month,
I won’t clean up my room!”
“In honor of the maids
who worked long hours
for little or no pay, who
cleaned and cleaned,
and cleaned, and cleaned . . .
I won’t clean up today!”
“Well, you sure do know your history,”
I said. “Girl, you make me proud.
And in honor of your mixed ancestry,
You should clean the house!”
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