<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436750" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Always Made Sure I Had On Clean Underwear</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now that I have aged.<br>And grown into an acceptance, <br>I can appreciate.<br>I clearly comprehend...<br>Why some then, <br>Thought of me quite unusual.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You see...<br>I've never had a dysfunction, <br>I did not enjoy.<br>Or believe my blackness, <br>Was for me a disability.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had not been raised...<br>To become caught up in the 'self'.<br>Or let someone's anger strike fear in me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was called names...<br>And could not either spell them, <br>Or find them in the dictionary...<br>I always made sure I had on clean underwear.<br>That's right! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember my mother use to always say to us...<br>'I don't care what you do or don't understand, <br>You make sure when you leave outta here...<br>You bathe and have on clean underwear.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And 'that' has been my philosophy all my life.<br>That's the only one I've kept, <br>That has made any sense to me.<br>With few debates to argue, <br>Do I encounter.<br>Knowing if I am ever made to sweat...<br>At least I am clean.<br>And ready for inspection.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436750" data-title="I Always Made Sure I Had On Clean Underwear de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Now that I have aged. And grown into an acceptance, I can appreciate. I clearly comprehend... Why some then, Thought of me quite unusual. You see... I've never had a dysfunction, I did not enjoy. Or believe my blackness, Was for me a disabili..."></div> </div> </div>

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