The Riddle

White men’s children spread over the earth⁠—
A rainbow suspending the drawn swords of birth,
Uniting and blending the races in one
The world man⁠—cosmopolite⁠—everyman’s son!

He channels the stream of the red blood and blue,
Behold him! A Triton⁠—the peer of the two;
Unriddle this riddle of “outside in”
White men’s children in black men’s skin.