If I could take all my parts with me when I go somewhere / and not have to say to one of them, ‘No, you stay home tonight, you won’t be welcome’/ because I’m going to an all-white party where… — Pat Parker Copy Share
If I could take all my parts with me when I go somewhere / and not have to say to one of them, ‘No, you stay home tonight, you won’t be welcome’/ because I’m going to an all-white party where I can be gay but not Black / Or I’m going to a Black poetry reading, and half the poets… — Pat Parker Copy Share
The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black. — Pat Parker Copy Share Image
