Audre Lorde - The American Cancer Society Or There Is More Than One Way to Skin a Coon lyrics

Of all the ways in which this country Prints its d**h upon me Selling me cigarettes is one of the most certain. Yet every day I watch my son digging ConEdison GeneralMotors GarbageDisposal Out of his nose as he watches a 3 second spot On How To Stop Smoking And it makes me sick to my stomach. For it is not by cigarettes That you intend to destroy my children. Not even by the cold white light of moon-walks While half the boys I knew Are doomed to quicker trips by a different capsule; No, the american cancer destroys By seductive and reluctant admission For instance Black women no longer give birth through their ears And therefore must have A Monthly Need For Iron: For instance Our Pearly teeth are not racially insured And therefore must be Gleemed For Fewer Cavities: For instance Even though all astronauts are white Perhaps Black People can develop Some of those human attributes Requiring Dried dog food frozen coffee instant oatmeal Depilatories deodorants detergents And other a**orted plastic. And this is the surest sign I know That the american cancer society is dying--- It has started to dump its symbols onto Black People Convincing proof that those symbols are now useless And far more lethal than emphysema.