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The case of lynching vs suicide

The case of lynching vs suicide A black man Hangs Lifeless Silent Eerie The only sound Is the wind thrashing around As it surrounds The black man Screaming loud Trying to get the man to make a sound The wind howled In pain In agony Watching as the whole town Laughing like he was some kind of clown The police never showed In the report they'll label it as a suicide For them case closed Why they were part of the show They think they'll clean up the mess tomorrow And because they had all the power They had the upper hand in this matter They also had control so it didn't matter if they were murderers Especially if their victims were black No one would care if they were attacked Except the black community And the worst part is they couldn't have a funeral Because they didn't just kill him, after they also burned his body Even in death he had no autonomy They stole the right to say goodbye from the family And just like his body They burned his story

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