“Where have all the flowers gone…â€
Brother …man… please understand,
John Lewis…
Stands now, before God …and man…
As ever…
Before nameless, others
Who have come to signify
All of the people who have
Not only …tried…
But, have given their all
Suffered, paid in all manner of pain
And died, to resist…
All for the right to exist …
Given...
By God…
Not of man…
Brothers, with demands…
Working on …a plan…
To serve the needs
Of …all who claim, ownership…
A piece of… its prosperity…
Of a land proclaiming freedom,
An equal chance to make good
On the dreams…
Of health, wealth…
Pursuit of pleasure
…and liberty…
Equality …and justice…
Guaranteed
Where are we…
(who’s …keeping score)
Of fulfillment
…of…
Promises, long ago…
Of a detriment …long ignored…
Of a lack of will, or inability…
To restore…
What has been unfairly taken
There’s no mistaking
After a long run …where have we come…
Now, that we’ve come …back around…
Full circle…
Or is it back …to one…
Apartheid …subjugation…
Though some might try…
To disavow… and jjust dismiss this…
Inconvenient truth …as a claim…
Without merit,
To take back …progress…
As one might surmise…
A
History of odd …agreements…
Never kept …in spirit or in substance
Doing nothing to suggest
Real accomplishment…
Much less, acknowledgement of…
Relevance to the problem
It’s purported …to resolve…
Say, where …is the love…
My country, tis of thee
I cry…
Where …is the proof?
As this artificial… thinning of the herd
Is killing more… people of color
Has meaning, to you…
More so than the importance of…
Your marked …failure
…to provide…
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