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By: Cedric McClester I believe hope springs eternal With faith measured by the kernel We can get past this infernal If we get cooking with some Sterno Can we turn it all around When we commit to get down All kinds of solutions can be found So I’ll continue to expound We can over come they sang While shooters went bang bang bang But not from the members of a gang Out of the darkness from which they sprang So I’ll remain an optimist Not just a complainant who ***** his fist I know that ignorance is bliss But at all costs that’s what we must resist If there’s a need for a paradigm James Baldwin called it the fire next time While city officials called it a crime We can’t repeat it time after time But I’m encouraged by what I see From the populace and the powers that be I don’t know if that’s just me Cos I see a positive destiny The commentator called for peace and calm While the Nation of Islam called an alarm And members of the clergy said do no harm Let’s march in protest arm and arm I know that we can find a better way Than the tragic displays of yesterday Because everybody’s gonna have their say See I believe in time it’s gonna be okay © Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester. All rights reserved.
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 6:24 PM UTC
WE CAN GET PAST THIS INFERNAL
By: Cedric McClester I believe hope springs eternal With faith measured by the kernel We can get past this infernal If we get cooking with some Sterno Can we turn it all around When we commit to get down All kinds of solutions can be found So I’ll continue to expound We can over come they sang While shooters went bang bang bang But not from the members of a gang Out of the darkness from which they sprang So I’ll remain an optimist Not just a complainant who ***** his fist I know that ignorance is bliss But at all costs that’s what we must resist If there’s a need for a paradigm James Baldwin called it the fire next time While city officials called it a crime We can’t repeat it time after time But I’m encouraged by what I see From the populace and the powers that be I don’t know if that’s just me Cos I see a positive destiny The commentator called for peace and calm While the Nation of Islam called an alarm And members of the clergy said do no harm Let’s march in protest arm and arm I know that we can find a better way Than the tragic displays of yesterday Because everybody’s gonna have their say See I believe in time it’s gonna be okay © Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester. All rights reserved.
We Can Get Past This Infernal is the last in a series of 10 poems inspired by the city of Baltimore in the wake of the Freddie Gray funeral.
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 6:24 PM UTC
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