WE SURVIVALS OF THE FITTEST

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(A Tanka Quartet)

As if sage raccoons,

Let’s survive and overcome

We’ve out-battled worse:

Slavery, denied voting,

And days of the hooded clan:-

Let’s not be dismayed,

Ancestors did more with less,

Sojourning onward;

Leaving us with more courage,

And less to be overcome:-

Time to get it on,

Justice can’t be blind,

Nor we, impotent;

Let’s get to overcoming

Today’s political strife:-

Let’s get together,

Irrespective of the hue;

Time’s waiting on us:-

Let us not be in pity;

We've survived worse bigotry!

As if sage raccoons, Let’s survive and overcome We’ve out-battled worse: Slavery, denied voting, And days of the hooded clan:- Let’s not be dismayed, Ancestors did more with less, Sojourning onward; Leaving us with more courage, And less to be overcome:- Time to get it on, Justice can’t be blind, Nor we, impotent; Let’s get to overcoming Today’s political strife:- Let’s get together, Irrespective of the hue; Time’s waiting on us:- Let us not be in pity; We've survived worse bigotry!

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