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D.O.A
inverted tombstones
mirroring concrete gallows
Sam’s slave ships franchised
Published 17th Dec 2018
Author's Note
This selfie of the poet was taken during the Day of the Dead in remembrance of my ancestors, and those who couldn’t escape America’s gallows aka the projects
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Accurately strong words. And now the injustice and tragedy of slavery has broadened out to include just about everyone - through slavery to a money-as-debt banking system.
19th Dec 2018 5:05am
Thank you for reading, and yes I agree ... on a macro level the divisions amongst are less about race now, and more and more about money; hence the Occupy Wall Street movement.
17th Dec 2018 7:40pm
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10th Jul 2019 4:33pm
We can never forget our incredibly important and tragic past, lest we doom ourselves to repeat our mistakes. Powerful and succinct in its delivery, the message is spot on.
14th Aug 2019 00:29am
Your natural gift for writing continues to astound me.
And its been a while since I’ve visited this playground.
Great work. (:
LostGirl
And its been a while since I’ve visited this playground.
Great work. (:
LostGirl
