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HAPPY JUNETEENTH
Red, black and green
PanAfricanist's dream
Celebrating Juneteenth
Hue mens set free
End of slavery
Or so it seems
Except the thirteenth
Has loopholes beneath
Shackles and chains
Today on our brains
Torment sustained
Epigenetic remains
So many slain
Soil is stained
Clinically insane
Pain retained
PanAfricanist's dream
Celebrating Juneteenth
Hue mens set free
End of slavery
Or so it seems
Except the thirteenth
Has loopholes beneath
Shackles and chains
Today on our brains
Torment sustained
Epigenetic remains
So many slain
Soil is stained
Clinically insane
Pain retained
Published 19th Jun 2021
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19th Jun 2021 1:04pm
19th Jun 2021 5:17pm
Thank you. I agree with your sentiment. It's a start but far from the goal.
19th Jun 2021 2:29pm
Happy Juneteenth, Damon. God Bless President Biden for signing it into a federal, National Independence Day. We still have a long way to go, as in teach the truth about white supremacy in our country.
19th Jun 2021 5:18pm
Anonymous
19th Jun 2021 7:04pm
The Afrocentric race has traveled such a long journey to unify and exult in this moment in time, sir. We as America Americans have firm ground to plant our feet and walk in a new direction, hopefully, we will continue to strive for greater occurrences such as reparations for the three remaining survivors of Black Wall Street and a county who had to suffer under the ghost of slavery's past. In remembrance of the forgotten citizens of Rosewood massacre, may their souls rest in this day of harmony
22nd Jun 2021 2:59am
21st Jul 2021 9:12pm
"Hue mens" excellent word play.
The fight for justice will be long hard fought.
Nice verse sir.
The fight for justice will be long hard fought.
Nice verse sir.
