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MELLENNIAL 4TH

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life

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Echoes of lies resound endlessly

throughout his-story:  “we hold these truths

to be self-evident…”

 

Were not these utterance heard

the day before yester years…echoing

today…bellowing into tomorrow years?

 

The road to life…liberty…happiness

is cluttered—blocked with dead bodies—

dead bodies of those in pursuit thereof.

 

Flags flutter—I stand…kneel…wonder…

asking also… “What shall I celebrate today?”

The Ancestors whisper: “We’re still here—rising!”

 

Though stolen…shackled and dehumanized,

we continue to rise…from the depths of bigotry

to the mountain top of dignity.

 

Come…let us celebrate—celebrate our story

of ancestor victories over seemingly insurmountable  

trials and tribulations of racist dehumanization.

 

Come…let us celebrate—celebrate new strategies

to meet New Jim Crow tactics radiating from the bordered

bowels of the mouths of White House new masters.

 

Come…let us celebrate—celebrate a Bar-B-Q of fears

based with the sauces of audacious courage—marinated

in the juices of uncompromised liberation.

 

This day for me…I will celebrate—celebrating our-story

of triumphs…victories…over-comings—continuing to rise

with gifted God guided eyes—stayed on the imminent prize.

 

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