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As justice... withers in the peace

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“Where have all the flowers gone…”

 

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…

C2

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mlowe5 says:

Thanks for the share, C2. It was 56 years ago that John recruited me out of college to go in search of justice...who had disappeared while on holiday! Peace and Love.

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