black and white drinking fountains

COLORED

or so the label would suggest

and as i watch

where the waters crest

a clearness

flows through me

you see

i really understood

what these markers meant

mines

is not dark nor dense

a reflection of my murky tint

a constant projection

of the contraptions they invent

in an attempt

to convince

the masses

that we are

of separate classes

sure

you drink from a different spring

called white

but don’t you know

that these fountains flow

from the same pipes

which exposes the truth in life

that is always protected

through structural designs

and misleading signs

that disguise this point

for the neglected

wake up America

water

is always

CONNECTED