The X Is Black



The X Is Black

(Spike Lie)

If the flag catch

fire, & an X

burn in, that X is Black

& leaves an

empty space. It

is that place

where we live

the Afro American

Nation.

If the flag

catch afire

& an X burn in

the only stripes is

on our back

the only star

blown free

in the northern sky

no red but our

blood, no white

but slavers and Klux in robes

no blue

but our songs

If the flag catch fire

& an X

burn in

that X is black

& the space that is left

is our history

now a mystery

we only live

where the flag

is not

where the air is funky

the music

hot

Inside the hole

in the American soul

that space, that place

empty of democracy.

we live

inside the burned boundaries

of a wasted symbol

X humans, X slaves, unknown, incorrect

crossed out, multiplying the wealth of others

If the flag catch fire

& an X burn in

that X,

believe me,

is black.

―Amiri Baraka

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