January 22, 2009

Racist, demeaning, and horrendous are just a few of the words that I would use to

describe this poem. “Mary Had a Little Lamb” is the Turner Diary of poetry that through what

some would call its “harmless” rhymes and childlike air sets up a guideline on how to oppress

African Americans while paving the way for a totalitarianistic state led by the Aryan race.

The poem was first published in 1830 in a country that still legalized slavery which

explains its message. The lamb described in the poem symbolizes the view of whites towards

African Americans during the era in which this poem was published. In that regards, the lamp is

representational of the black man’s animal like nature.

The next line referring to the black man’s “fleece as white as snow;” is an allusion to the

Eurocentric notion that has been brainwashed into the African American mindset that white is

beautiful and black is ugly; something that in later years will manifest itself into products to

straighten nappy hair into a more Anglo Saxon coif as well as a vast variety of skin lighteners

and eventually Michael Jackson. So by stating that the lamb’s “fleece was white as snow;” it is

symbolic of the black man’s desire to be white.

The choice of a lamb as the symbol is given further meaning as described by Howard

Mumford Jones:

I ask the reader to return to a previously made point, that the lamb’s fleece is described

‘white as snow,’ by the poet. This is indicative of two things: firstly, that because the

lamb is already cute and innocent, by virtue of being a lamb, the reiteration of this

innocence merely acts as a double-negative; ergo, by being twice called cute and

innocent, the lamb is secretly being described as horrible and destructive. This is
 concordant with its description as “Ares,”1 the Greek god of War.” Ovus aries being the

scientific name for a sheep.

The author(s) of the poem put some consideration into the name of Mary as well. The

owner of the lamb in the poem is dubbed “Mary” as an allusion to the Mother Mary from the

Bible and the religious justification to the morality of slavery. The following lines, “And

everywhere that Mary went, /The lamb was sure to go.” describes the blind faith in authority, or

the white man, that is being installed into the black man’s subconscious.

The last lines of the poem, “He followed her to school one day; /Which was against the

rule; /It made the children laugh and play; /To see a lamb at school.” Is a reference to the state of

the educational system in the 1830’s where it was considered ridiculous for a black man to

receive a formal education.

With consideration to the times that it was published, it was pardonable for this poem to

be introduced into homes and schools. But this practice has continued on to this day creating a

world where children from the tender age of 6 are already being trained into the psyche of the Ku

Klux Klan. It is not enough that the American educational system wants to poison the student’s

bodies with inedible, potentially toxic, “food”, but they also wish to destroy our minds. Do your

fellow man a favor by destroying any copies of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” that you may

encounter.

My version of “Mary had a little lamb” entitled:

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http://202.37.194.10/spider/misc/writings/MaryHadALittleLamb.htm
 Mary had a little nigger

Master Mary had a nigger,

Who wished its skin was white as snow;

And everything that Mary said,

The nigger would blindly follow.

He followed her to school one day;

Which was against the rule;

It made the children laugh and play;

To see a nigger at school.

Further alternative versions of “Mary had a little lamb”

 Mary had a little lamb,
She also had a bear,
I've often seen her little lamb, Mary had a little Lamb,
But never seen her bear Her father shot it dead,
She still takes the lamb to school
Between two bits of bread.
Mary had a little lamb
She also had a duck.
She put them on the table Mary had a little Lamb,
to see if they would f-f-f-f-f-fall off You've heard that tale before,
But have you heard she passed her plate
And had a little more.
Mary had a little lamb
she tied it to a pylon
10000 volts shot up its arse
and turned its wool to nylon Mary had a little lamb
It danced in skips and hops,
It danced into the road one day
And ended up as chops
Mary had a little lamb
Her case comes up next week...

Mary had a little lamb

so small it was a runt
Mary had a little watch
and everywhere that Mary went
She swallowed it one day
the lamb would sniff her .......
And so she took some castor oil
To pass the time away.
The castor oil it did not work
The watch refused to pass, Mary had a little lamb,
So if you want to know the time, She kept in her backyard.
Just look up ... at the clock. When she took her panties off
His wooly dick got hard.
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