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THE PRESENT JUNETEENTH: A 2025 Juneteenth Flashback
Beginning with the celebration
Of our Juneteenth,
We prepare a new perspective
For the 4th of July:-
Though this nation now stands stalled
On the brink, she remains our nation:
Of this, there can be no lie!
What a uniqueness her oppressed people
Now share?
Two juxtaposed emancipation celebrations
Back-to-back:
Going from these times, only the future knows
To where:-
Oh, what an interesting time it is for those of us
Born black,
And indigenous ones contemplating it all in utter
Amazement!
As for us, with eyes on the prize's focus, must remain
In the present:-
No more standing around in a sad, dismayed whine:-
It’s celebration Time!
P.S.: Remember this, my Brothers and Sisters:-
“…We may not be
Where we want to be;
We may not be
Where we ought to be;
We may not be
Where we gonna be;
But praise God! We ain’t
Where we once were!”