Quick-change artist extraordinaire,
I whip out my folded cane
and change from Black Man to 'blind man'
with a flick of my wrist.
It is a profound metamorphosis -
From God-gifted wizard of round ball
Dominating backboards across America
To God-gifted idiot savant
Pounding out chart busters on a cockeyed whim;
From sociopathic gangbanger with death for eyes
To all-seeing soul with saintly spirit;
From rape deranged misogynist
To poor motherless child;
From welfare rich pimp
To disability rich gimp;
And from White Man's burden
To every man's burden.

It is always a profound metamorphosis -
Whether from cursed by man to cursed by God,
Or from scripture condemned to God ordained.
My final form is never of my choosing;
I only wield the wand;
You are the magician.