1.
Those cute black children
Are not opportunities
To assuage white guilt.
2.
Stop smiling at them
They’re not easily amused
By friendly strangers.
3.
Go smile at those teens,
And ask them how old they are.
What, not cute enough?
4.
Your smile doesn’t prove
That you are not a racist.
It just shows your teeth.
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Keith M. Kelley | Poet 