By: Cedric McClester

Since 1619,
American slavery’s first day
******* conspicuously
Has been on display
So what was that old fool
Attempting to say
That had the President
Tweeting away

If they have power
No need to tell us
We’re the people
Who in God
Place their trust
And pledge allegiance
To a nation
That doesn’t represent us

Their power doesn't
Need to be reinforced
Nor through crude slogans
Have to be endorsed
Or in the case of white supremacists
Awkwardly outsourced
It’s something for which
They’ve never shown remorse

We witness *******
In how we’re policed
And in the court houses
To say the very least
We never get the benefit
Of the doubt
And that’s something long ago
That we’ve figured out!







Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2020.  All rights reserved.