Chicago
Black clouds are stirring-
White men gaze down white noses,
Seemingly immune.
Joliet
Music in the air-
The sound of brass and woodwinds
Permeates fields;
Exercising their freedom,
Equality, and kinship.
Springfield
Blood in the terra-
Innocence spilled under the
Cradle of a king
Now grows ironic flowers
Ignorant of unmarked graves
Carbondale
Black sky is waking-
Picket signs silhouette on
Pyramids of coal
Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10, 2015 at 3:01 PM UTC
Chicago
Black clouds are stirring-
White men gaze down white noses,
Seemingly immune.
Joliet
Music in the air-
The sound of brass and woodwinds
Permeates fields;
Exercising their freedom,
Equality, and kinship.
Springfield
Blood in the terra-
Innocence spilled under the
Cradle of a king
Now grows ironic flowers
Ignorant of unmarked graves
Carbondale
Black sky is waking-
Picket signs silhouette on
Pyramids of coal
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