Coco(nut)

Beside the tree Beside the chair Beside the house Beside the pit Beside the tree stump Coco say don’t climb / so I don’t / I sit & stare — my skin coming dark and burnt They say: tire I say: brown They say: Black Black can’t take back! & I don’t I learnt to not ask where I’m from I learn to listen, then not I’m too scared they gone tell me the things about myself I done already buried in the dark Beside the tree  Beside the chair     Beside the house    Beside the pit Beside the tree stump         I sit       I sit        I sit        ’til no one even know I’m (t)here