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THE COLOR OF HATE TRAIL OF TEARS

THE COLOR OF HATE UNLIKE ALL THEE OTHER BRILLANT COLORS OF THE WORLD I MEAN YOU SEE IT IT'S STUNNING CAPTIVATING EVEN CAUSING STRANGERS TO GATHER TOGETHER SHARING THE VERY SAME FAMILIAR TRAIT OF HATE FOR MANY IT WAS TAUGHT OTHERS FIND IT MORE EXCEPTABLE THE COLOR OF HATE SEEMS TO CRAVE CERTAIN AROUSALS FEEDING OFF THE UNEXPECTED CREATURE THE COLOR OF HATE HAS ABOSOLUTELY NO VALUE NEVERTHELESS IT'S WORN MOSTLY BY THE WEATHLY DEMINSIONING THE CAUSE AND EFFECT THAT COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN THE SELF CONSCIOUS MIND TO ALLOW THE COLOR OF HATE TO EXIST IN A WORLD COVERED SO BLATENLY WITH PAIN IT CONTROLS THE PURITY OF OUR CHARACTER WHY I'M BROWN MY HUSBANDS WHITE OUR CHILDREN ARE A COLORFUL RAINBOW TRIBE WE GATHER LAUGH ENJOYING THE FREEDOMS OF JUST LIVING LOVING UNRECOGNIZED AS A HOLY MATRIMONY IN THE EYES OF MANY LAWS HAVE CHANGED BUT EVERY NO AND THEN WE ARE REMINDED CERTAIN CLASS WOULD LYNCH US BOTH STRAIGH AWAY LOOKING BACK OVER A TIME COUPLES LIKE US RETREATED ACROSS STATE LINES JUST TO EMBRACE WITHOUT THE PRYING EYES THE TORCHES THE HOUNDS INVADING US SMEARING OUR BLENDED HERITAGE TAINTING LOVE WITH HATE PRYING EYES CHANT FOR PERHAPS WE ARE THE SPECKLED SHEEP ARE SHEPHERD IS LOVETHE COLOR OF LOVE CAPTIVATES YOUR SPIRIT WHILE WE DANCE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE SPREADING JOY THIS HISSING THE CACKLING HOW DO THEY LIVE HOW DO THEY LOVE GO WAY GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM WHAT COLOR ARE THEY BLACK WHITE BROWN ARE THEY RED WE ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF JEAN PAUL BAPTISE POINTE DUSABLE THIS IS OUR HOME WE ARE HOME WE SAFE WE ARE CHICAGO CAHOKIA ILLINOIS WRITTEN BY YOLANDA NICHOSEN 7-28-2024

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