Lucille Clifton – White Lady

February 4, 2010. Lucille Clifton was born in 1936 in Depew, New York. She attended both Howard University and Fredonia State Teachers College. She currently lives in Baltimore. white lady a street name for cocaine wants my son wants my neice wants josie’s daughter holds them hard and close as slavery what will it cost to keep our children what will it cost to buy them back. white lady says i want you whispers let me be your lover whispers run me through your fingers feel me smell me taste me love me nobody understands you like white lady white lady you have chained our sons in the basement of the big house white lady you have walked our daughters out into the streets white lady what do we have to pay to repossess our children white lady what do we have to owe to own our own at lastCopy written materials are not mine and copy rights are retained by their respective owner(s). Actual lines of verse are reproduced here for educational, not-for-profit purposes.