BLACK KARL MARX

BLACK KARL MARX

Thought I saw
Karl Marx
In a super Market

Same height
Same beard
Bushy & grey
Same weight

Didn't talk
To him
For
I thought
Wasn't him

If I had
Asked him
What would have he
Said
When
The question is posed
Are you Karl Marx?

May be
He would have said
No
My name is Leroy
('cos looks
Caribbean )

Who the hell is
Karl Marx?
Seeing is not
Believin'

For you can see
What you believe
You have seen
Not your eyes have seen

Seeing
Sometimes could be
Deceiving

He quickly left
Was so fast
Didn't have a chance
To pose the question

Was like a mirage
My mind playing
Tricks
Not with my head
But my eyes

Is no wonder
There are many
Imposters
With a white
Or black mask

Pretend and think
Growing beard
Would make them
Look like
Karl Marx
Deceiving
Our eyes & mind

Saw it in the 60s
During the
'Revolutionary' years

Leroy is no
Pretender
Only
Looked exactly
Like
Karl Marx

Is not
White but black
That's why
Referred to him
Black Karl Marx