wore white jelly-shoes
with mud-pie toes,
wet plastic-worn heels,
claimed Jasmine couldn't join
"The Jelly Club"
until she owned a pair or two.

Mother bought them,
Jasmine wore them--
admitted as the first "Colored" 
in "The Jelly Club"
and was told
to whiten skin, straighten hair,
be like the rest (best),
and maybe she could,
but possibly would
       -not-
become President.