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DUE TO LAST 
                              NIGHT'S OSCARS (and in lieu of a Buffy sonnet) 
                              
my rhetorical verse for today's Tea 
                              Time is a haiku sequence on . . . 
                              

OSCAR "RACE" 
                              (HAIKUS)


(1.1) Sidney 
                              Portier

  reminded us of a 
                              past

    which he 
                              transcended.


   (2.2) A 
                              black star. No servant 
                              --

        a 
                              leading man with black 
                              skin.

           Then, 
                              he stood alone.


(2.1) Halle 
                              Berry's 
                              speech

        was 
                              perfectly 
                              ironic:

    Black 
                              "vessel." White 
                              mom.


    (2.2) 
                              Thanked Warren 
                              Beatty

         (who, 
                              in "Bulworth," said we 
                              should

            screw 
                              'till one color).


(3) (Martin 
                              Luther 
                              King:

     if 
                              he had returned last 
                              night,

        what 
                              would he have said?)


(4.1.) 
                              Denzel Washington

  was 
                              the high point of the 
                              night.

    Perfect 
                              "acceptance."


    (4.2) 
                              His presence and grace . . 
                              .

           Ev'ry 
                              expression and word 
                              --

              absolutely 
                              right.


   (4.3) 
                              Yes, Denzel's skin's dark. 
                              --

          too 
                              bad it's still a BIG deal."

His 
                              talent . . . BIGGER.

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