I Laugh Loud
I know how they
make me out to be
but mostly
I’m a get along
to get ahead
kind of woman
I laugh loud
I fall hard
I get up
and work with what I am given
and give in
to be given more
sometimes
when it is affordable
when endurance and perseverance
are the tender
I am the rarest of commodity
too bad for you
you are afraid of me
too bad you only hear
an angry black woman
I was just laughing
Loud
by Jessica Holter