Black single parent
I knew you as a statistic
numbers, percentages
concepts that clouded my mind
but my eyes penetrated the
abstractions
and I saw your eyes filled with love
for your child.
If violent men would gather and
gaze
upon your face
then the hate in their hearts
would give flight
and the hardened fists
would unfold to seek your tender
embrace
published in: the Miami Times on August 5, 1993
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