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We Listen To Our Past

side by side
descendants of
the African Slaves
souls lost
in the
chains and
the cotton fields
where we died
in secret but
we listen
to our past

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 5/3/2011 2:10:00 AM
Quite a poignant write. We should indeed listen to our past--even if it is not all good it has something to teach us.
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