juneteenth...jazzing free
hey...i may not be
god's trombone
but like the trane
i can axe a mean tune
of words
trumpeting be-bopping
words of truth...
sit back...no...stand
in your mind's ear
and quietly listen to
this melodic tune:
"juneteenth ain't no 4th
of july..."
civil war...
what an oxymoron...
there's nothing
civil about war being fought
in the name of peace...
but when you're "honest"
it doesn't matter...
strategy is the game
and retained power the gain...
the emanciaption proclamtion
was shrewd game plan
reconstruction backfired...
including pony express-telegraph
crucifixion...and juneteenth
resurrection...
ah...juneteenth...a celebration
of the "...slipping of chains..."
under an umbrella veiled illusion
of emancipation...keeping alive
what is yet to become...following
the "passing over" of the chains
in the saga of our story...
transitioning to ourstory...let us
upbeat the flow with talking drum
rhythms...telegraphing into our memory
the story of how far we have come...
how far there is yet to go...how much more
there is yet to do...lest we forget...
they may have slowed down emancipation
but the spirit of liberation has no restraints...
our lives they may continue to take...our dignity
and determination...never...never...our beat goes on...
goes on like newborn inchworms growing ...into
footworms...yardworms...fieldworms of liberation...
oh...yes...it's about the drumbeat rhythm
of ourstory...listen children and never miss nor forger
the rhythm..the rhythm of ourstory in drum beating
celebration...singing and dancing...grilling on...
grilling on another juneteenth...and the few others...
yet to come...ushering in total liberation...
listen to the beat of ourstory children...feel the beat
this junteenth...keep to the rhythm...ploughing
to the beat...let no 4th of july pause you...keep to the rhythm...
let no exploding firecracker get you offbeat...remember...
why they don't want us to celebrate juneteenth...but remember
4th of july: don't ever forget...always...the devil is still a lie.