A Homemade Twinkie

"I was made from priceless flour

grounded from the sweetest grains

and mixed with collected honey

from swarns of Africans bees

who protected my nectar 

with STRINGS

that were fatal .

"I was stirred with milk

so filled with nutrients

that it fed entire plantations

of children

because the MASTER loved

his sons and daughters 

and Mary Sue's milk

was NEVER as nurturing.

"I was thickened with eggs
that began the world
and produced the seeds
who built the Pyramids
who built the Great Wall of China
who civilized America
BEFORE it was discovered
AND who landed on the moon
seeds from MY eggs
EVE
in case you caught worldwide amnesia.
"I was flavored with sugar
straight from the cane
cut down by Abel men
cut down by Cain,
cut down in sin
then Nations came
Nations addicted to sugar
that ROBBED their brains
of sanity.

"I was sprinkled with natural oils
that allowed my hair
to stand at attention
unwashed
and still clean
nappy
and still breathe
kinky
and still grow
short
and still sexy
LONG
and braided.
"Then I was baked ALIVE
and molded in the heat
of slavery
in the heat
of dehumanization
in the heat
of bigotry
in the heat
of poverty
sexism
racism
classism.
"Until I was finally left alone
a cold
loveless
hollow shell
of my past greatness
needing YOU
with your cream
to fill me up
and start the world again
with a treat
of our sweet
and completed
love.

Omar Tyree "For the Love of Money"