Years..

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    Years..

     After 400 years,
    why are we still crying black
    holding on to god,and begging
    for food,wondering when he will
    come to save us..

    After 400 years why are we
    black peas growing potato cotton
    infested hanging on to pig gut and
    grits, wishing well and tarot cards.

    After 400 years
    why is my sister still walking the streets
    selling mama shakers,and brothers
    standing on corners talking trash,and
    making fun of my blackness everytime
    I make a mistake,or mis a step up..

    After 400 years
    why am I still here,black as ever
    down playing the drama of life,why is
    education not free,how much more
    can we learn,when everytime I awake
    my memory disappear..

    After 400 years
    when will we go home
    to the pleasures of eternal bliss..

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    linlee commented on Years..

    06-07-2009

    Hi, Sx9. I'm linlee and I'm here for the first time. I found your poem quite interesting and readable. I don't know what "mama shakers" are, and some of the other things you allude to are foreign to me, if not at least a hundred years older than me. I may be mistaken on some of this, but the feel of the poem is an emotion I think we can all understand. I was also quite pleased that you didn't put in rhyming, because I think your thoughts wouldn't have been portrayed as well. Are any of these thoughts from family journals or from talking to older family members? I'm into genealogy, so I love that kind of thing. I'm a 60-year-old white woman, but I'm not oblivious to black issues. My husband is a black man, also from NJ. My main question is, after 400 years, where is the home you'd like to go back to in order to enjoy eternal bliss? At first I thought you might be referring to heaven,b but that doesn't seem right, either, because all people are God's children and will have opportunity to return to Him after death. (My opinion) Is it Africa, the birth place of the black people? (My husband has thought about moving to Africa every now and then.) Anyhow, yeah, you're black, I'm white, and education isn't free for either of us, street smarts or literal college. Everything in life costs something (especially bigotry). Keep up the good writing.
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    Sx9

    06/07/2009

    Thanks for the verry intresting view,it was well respected,as for mama shakers is just talking about butt,and you were right about not heaven but africa,just to get away from all this,years is just making a mess of all the talk and talk about all the things that black esp take for granted.and in the end we will go leave everthing here,,thanks again for the vibes and Buss again any time,, I would love to talk direct to you, it seems as if you have a ton of info,I love that in seniors,just love been around you guys that have a host of history direct...

    To have great poets there must be great audiences too.

    Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)

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