Phillis Wheatley, her slave's name
What was her given name by her
Mother and Father will now never
Be known!
Taken in trade - as a slave - that is!
Born free in Africa - shipped off to America

Sold off, a white husband & wife

Needed a companion for the wife
It could be said, luckily for the African girl!

The white couple took her to Massaches - America
There they gave her the name Philis Wheatly
Techde her English, and how to read and write
Soon she were set FREE!

Philis (Wheatly), Devlip into a poet
Time to time the white asked her questions

The usual kind
This must of annoyed, Philis, I know of some of those

questions, what follows, is a paraquote work of what Philis replied:

'' Sir you ask me do I sing, do I dance! ''
'' Sir (Philis must have been hard-pressed to hold back what she relly wanted to say!)
'' Sir permit me to ask, do you sing and dance, sir, if I may be so Bold to ask you, Sir ''
'' Sir - I write - sir - I write sir if you please, sir!

'' Sir, mam you ask me about religion, sir - mam ''
'' We had religion, long before you white folk came to Africa and  Took us, Enslavde us!
As slaves to your God-fearing America, you took us! ''

Phils became a poet as I have said, due to the Black Lives Mater
Movement, now again being read, rediscovered!

GNU - Philis (Wheatly)

Ken D. Williams

The Dyslexic Wordsmith Ov Thanet