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Can't image ...you... As a tiny baby child...
In the days... After the time...
When the ...ownership... Of human beings...
Brought… some perverted sense of pride
To those whose fortunes were made...
On the backs of the enslaved...
While those who endured ...the black holocaust...
Paid the cost... By being born
...into the condition...
Suffering …for others gains
And again...
Forced ...to assume the position...
And in the countryside
...where 2/3 of the population were black...
Once freedom was attained...
Sudden change came
The numbers ...of the mistreated, running free
Raised the alarm...
Of those whose hands were dirty...
Fearing retaliation... from the oppressed
Caused distress …no, FEAR…
By those same...
Those …whose heavy handed bands
Struck down mothers, fathers, sisters …brothers…
Sons …and daughters…
Beat down, raped …lynched or killed…
Miscarried the very law …that promised…
Something, else…
Swore …on the Holy Bible…
Then lied like hell…
WE WILL ALL
…BE CALLED UPON
TO TESTIFY …OUR LIVES
ON THE EARTH
SOMEDAY…
Moment by moment
Heaven …waits…
Prayers for forgiveness …cheaply made…
Comfort few …whose bill of suffering
Has long sat on the table
…of divine justice
Marked …returned to sender…
Still unpaid
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