BLACK
Black is the coal dust,
That falls from the fire,
Black is the way
That words come from a liar,
Black is death,
Black is gloom,
Black is the atmosphere,
In an empty room.
Black are some people
That couldn’t care less,
Black is Black Beauty
Black is Black Bess,
Black is the dark night
Black is Blackpool,
Black is a dream,
That fades into doom.
1979/80 (age 8 or 9)
Note in 2020: should a little girl have to think this way? nature? nurture?
Tracy A. Williams 
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