A Poem for Saturday: Thomas Sayers Ellis "Or,"

Or Oreo, or
worse, Or ordinary.
Or your choice
of category


            or
            Color

or any color
other than Colored
or Colored Only.
Or  "Of Color"


            or
            Other


or theory or discourse
or oral territory.
Oregon or Georgia
or Florida Zora


            or
            Opportunity


or born poor
or Corporate, Or Moor,
Or a Noir Orpheus
or Senghor


            or
            Diaspora


or a horrendous
and tore-up journey,
Or performance, Or allegory's armor
or ignorant comfort


            or
            Worship


or reform or a sore chorus,
Or Electoral Corruption
or important ports
of Yoruba or worry


            or
            Neighbor


or fear of...
of terror or border.
Or all organized,
minorities.