Color Me Colorless

By Eric Williams

Color Me Colorless does not only explore the life of the author but the nostalgic path of self-identity and growing up fast. If by chance you grew up with cousins who felt like joking all the time and played way too much, if youve watched all the nineties cartoon classics, lived with grandparents and siblings, or even just dove into the depths of your imagination, this book is for you! Color Me Colorless is the poetry book you can just vibe well with. It also identifies with social patterns and behaviors of people, as far as representation of race. Let this book heal your heart, or at least be a part!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504956857

Eric Williams

Eric Williams (1911-1981) served as the first prime minister of independent Trinidad and Tobago beginning in 1962 until his death. Prior to entering politics, he was a professor of social and political science at Howard University.

Book preview

SALAMI, CHEESE AND CRACKAS

Grandma what we gon’ eat tonight?

The ceiling light dies with a yellow tint

Me and the baby sister

Grandma always falls through with a plan for dinner

Salami, cheese and crackas

We both gave her a hug and kissed her

Believe it or not, when I was a kid, this was the best meal

Aside from calling every meat chicken,

Just a bunch of country fixin’s

And grandma still trying to get auntie to help her out in the kitchen

And when that doesn’t come true

A box of Ritz can fall through

Deli salami and cheese

Begging grandma for dinner

Please!!!

Alright-alright, hush!

A store pickle

Grandma stuffed it up with Jolly Ranchers.

I always wondered what the sweet red crystals were

Time for some more salami and cheese on these crackas!

Oh, but wait, a small bag of nuts

Get chucked in a Pepsi bottle

We all get buzzed on peanuts and soda

Oh grandma can spoil her babies

Grandma, wake up, wake up!

I guess after a bunch of sweets and a super sugar rush

Grandma’s daily dozing was always looked to.

So we slept beside her quietly

And then just shortly after

If no one else was up, I’d munch on those salami cheese and crackas!

CARTOON CENTRAL

HEY! Look it’s Arnold

And that mean girl that likes him

Courage the Cowardly Dog Show and all the fears that try to fight him

I wanna be like Courage, I always said

He wasn’t really a coward, just scared of the things inside his head

Honestly? That show had me messed up, all those twisted situations

I hesitated to change the channel but when I did,

Recess was always there to help me escape

And when school came around, I ended up missing forty-seven days

Thanks TJ,

I guess that’s why the 90’s cartoons always amazed me

Made me wild like the Thornberries

Tried to find a clue as to why I couldn’t fit inside a book

So reality kicked in and I had the blues

But Little Bear never gave up

And neither did Franklin

Watching cartoons in the 90s man, I always sank in

I even learned that, under the water the fish don’t stink

Not that I ever tried to smell

I was young, not stupid

The Rugrats always had me fired up

I was invincible with my diaper on

My sister thought she was cool too

And when she acted all big and bad….

Out came the Iron Giant marathon

I had a Dr. Seuss toy and named it Hogarth.

That movie had me in all types of moods

Sit and eat