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So many have been called upon
to curb or fix the dripping faucet.
And, yet, it continues daily to drip
present day and days of slave ships.
Before the Christ fought against sin
because evil dripped close to His skin.
I, you, have a duty to uphold justice for
ancestral cries and life's beautiful essence.
Queens and Kings have had their turn
gated schools mapped in where we learn.
There has been a drip for the longest of time
drips of evaluations before approval of a dime!
Someone wrote years ago, “ Cats out of the bagâ€
an anything goes arena of ''get yours, don't lag'.
There are many who love the dripping faucet
like an arsonists eyes after the flames are lit.
I am awakened, thank God, daily for my turn
and through the turning I feel weak; the burn.
Never mind the squeaking sound for justice
or the hump in the back to understanding this.
Lives in the balance of unbalance, lives lost
we share words like 'struggle' 'juggle' at all cost.
We hold memories of mother brother sister father
tirelessly turning, we may too, or, not even bother.
Skin color, height, weight, hair tone, rich or poor
climb up to curb the pronounced dripping faucet,
or they may assess that it is not nearly 'that bad'
for whatever reason's they're not getting it.
Hearing a message the other day, I could relate
basically saying the 1st humans had a banquet set,
grandmother said bullies try to flood the whole school
the last instance they've not a butt whipping, not yet!
Questions remain on how many years more do we turn
the faucet to cease this pestiferous drip to one drop?
Many say do nothing at all, 'cept for our own dripping
'cause soon, faced with reality all evil drips will stop. --BlakMista--
