Category: Racial & Social justice
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“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds” from Redemption Song by Bob Marley Last night, you heard the wind talk among trees You heard vibrations given to the wind never die You heard old melodies that soothed a warrior king You heard his son sing descant to a shepherd boy…
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For Arelly Silverio Huerta
To the brave young girl from Mexico who read poetry on open mic for the first time I applaud your bravery your humanity your reading through tears Thank you for your poem about family about fear about hiding places about love I promise you these crimes against humanity will end and we will have our…
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I rake dead leaves and pick broken branches from a city lot cut from a plantation corpse Land stolen by kings and politicians with a pen of cultural entitlement Cleared by a people stolen Currency of Atlantic trade Collateral in the bank Children of the dispossessed ask for a fair share of profits from land…
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Friday morning news feed
Iranian General and Iraqi militants killed in drone strike World War III starts on Saturday disrupting coverage of the football playoffs Pundits say the world will end on Tuesday but they got it wrong, again proxy countries will fight it out with the help of our volunteer army and unemployed Russian mercenaries and the next…
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Whatever Happened to Wise Men, or, Somewhere is an Epiphany
Somewhere locked in stone embrace is a family in an unnamed ancient Pompeii waiting to be found Somewhere locked in stone embrace is a family fleeing another Trojan War waiting for a sculptor to tell their story Somewhere locked in stone embrace is a holy family nativity scene waiting to be lovingly etched by artists…
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
Tell me about war fields unplowed buildings on fire rivers of blood Dead heroes never go home hearts broken babies not born immigrants wash up on foreign shores Rich men advocate war hide profits offshore tell me about war and I will tell you to go to hell 12-5-19
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Talking with Mary
She said she walks to church each morning but does not go to mass She said she lights a candle for all her children ICE took away She said she talks with the statue of Mary and Mary talks back _____ She said she avoids confession and the man behind the screen She said she…
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