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Bigoted Grandfather

Grandfather you gave me no justice in your seeing things with bigoted injustice WHY would you say when I was young that if I took a black man to your home that you would shoot him Grandfather I loved you so much but those words scared me so much See ..I was just starting to date appreciating the other species and you through me into a tailspin with your demands Grandfather though you are long gone you did me no justice without colorblindness Making sure I dated by your rules Grandfather shortsighted you were in your bigotry I grew up believing that desiring a man of a different color was going to end in madness with a hunters gun aiming his bullets and pulling the trigger scary thoughts for some young Grandfather you gave me no justice to look at my brother with color and say to myself we are all god's children and I can be attracted to who I want Grandfather I'm putting away you gun and your bullets and I'm going to say You gave me no justice in your bigoted ways

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