Black Poetry : ALL that Matters...is the TORMENT.

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ALL That Matters…is the Torment
(Story Telling)

Twisted…
In YESterDAYS MISerieS
Broke
Busted
On our KNEES
Begging

“Massa, Please…”

“NOT me,” we cried. “Not ME.”

We’ve taken three steps backwards
Trying to get ahead
Didn’t answer the call of UNITy,
Or dread

LOOK at us NOW

Yesterday came to visit
We call it hell
Uptight brothers and sisters
Walking ‘round on egg shells

Tormented

Twisted up in yesterday’s miseries
Neglecting things long held dear to me

FREEdom? Neglected
Respect? Neglected
History…

Young people on the left
Done forgot our history
Or, never knew it

Twisted

Neglected history

Repeated

Racist attorney general

Repeated

Lynch mob mentalities

Repeated

White power rising

Repeated

There will be an azzhole walking the White House halls
Coz the alternative candidate was repugnant to y’all

Repeated

The Don is our president
Coz we put him there
Didn’t vote his *** in
Just didn’t care
As long as no Hillary
We were good with the outcome
‘Til The Don’s open mouth
…Left us looking dumb

Screaming

Strange fruit of the past…could be coming to stay
Marshall law…to end the frey
LIKE
WE don’t know what BAMN really means
LIKE
WE gave up our HOPES
OUR guns
And our DREAMS

REMEMBER your history

Our RIGHT to VOTE
Isn’t a “right” at all
An amendment…to be ratified
Lest we fall

Azzhole in the White House
GOP in control
Black folks marching the streets
Hasn’t that story been told?

Tormented

If you don’t know your history
You’re bound to repeat it
Too many of us don’t know,
Or don’t want to remember, it

Twisted.​
 
that force could be mighty...if only we, as a people, could see beyond self.
WELCOME to the playground, candeesweet too. I look forward to reading you.:)

coco, my souldeep friend...THANKS for dropping in.
it's always a pleasure when you stop by.

over the next four years, i'm sure we'll see a lot of things...twisted up.
trump is surrounding himself with the past...a past we've tried hard to forget...that, it appears, we must face again.

be good, my friends.
 

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