Former Things
Black boy was the journey worth it?
Jim Crow, one pair of pants &
kerosene…God, please God get me out of here.
Nine is too young to be choppin’
cotton.
The Chicago Defender, Illinois
Central & a biscuit…next stop Bright Lights, Big City!
Bronzeville…Ida Wells, Bessie
Coleman, Joe Louis…The Black Metropolis.
Friends, swimmin’ & Red
Summer…God, please God get me out of here.
Seventeen is too young to die…Bound
for Canaan.
And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Inspired by...The Great Migration "First Wave"...The Chicago Race Riots of 1919...Eugene Williams murdered at the 29th Street Beach...Revelation 21
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