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I saw them,


there were so many
young and old
sick and broken


a sea of black bodies


hunched over
and shuffling through


a thick dense fog
of worry and bewilderment


their heads bobbed in unison
wafting and dipping

 
a learned behavior of survival


unable to carry anything with them
but the truth 


their value had been...

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Categories: backbones, america, black african american,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things