Crystal Waters

Crystal Waters



Crystal waters
And foreign rain 
Bring 
Fluffy clouds of
wool and tweed 
Cashmere, engineered
Cotton fields of fiber, seed and flappy lobe
Supplying fabric, textured textile 
Thread and string 
Spun into spheres 
Layered and interwoven 
Seamed, stitched and hemmed
A sheet, a leaf , a membrane 
Chained captives 
Held in bondage
Man-made machine
Black bodies on an assembly line
Harvesting white crop 
Their sweat hide their tears 
Rag cover their frame and cadaver 
Mere androids 
Their soul caged in
The whip , their law and discipline
Sighs of weary hands and tired feet 
A mercy plea 
The church of suffering 
Shall render no more 
Madame and monsieur ,dignity restored
  



Marckincia Jean
Free verse
08/24/19
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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