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 Empathize
future dreams transformed
into past nightmares;
present pain engulfs blood
clotted veins;

eventually intricate plots were
the cause of stunted growth,
like pant on trees,
weed stopped the process
of goals achieved;

dungeons perceived as lost themes
and forgotten theories;

black history is a long ago mystery
of shackles and misery,
whips and adultery,
master and slave,
raped and caged,
locked shipped and sold away;

without the blink of a blue eye,
picking cotton in bundles,
knees and knuckles numb,
not breaks or luncheons,
just taters and mustard
for nights supper;

don't tell me JACK!
about suffering unless
when you pass cotton fields
you can empathize with
the way a slain slave soul feels!


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