A complicated issue may often be better understood
By breaking it down into a few undeniable facts.
This is especially helpful with comprehending
An issue that is new, or unfamiliar.
For example:
Thomas Jefferson was a famous American,
A man of many accomplishments.
He was a scholar, a scientist,
An inventor, an author,
A musician, a statesman,
A president, and a plantation owner.
As a plantation owner,
He was also a racist,
A slave owner,
And a rapist
Who exploited the labor
Of fellow human beings
For his own profit.
That is all verifiable history.
It’s as simple as that.
Let the truth be told.
That’s critical race theory.
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SALLY HEMINGS & EMMETT TILL
General, then President George Washington
Plantation owner and Virginia Squire
He never got a chance to retire
Mr. John Adams, President the Second
The first to reside in the White House
His closest advisor was his spouse
Thomas Jefferson was President Number Three
Linguist, mathematician -- man of many talents
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
A classic that I love is Gone With The Wind,
the sweeping historical epic,
full of romance and facts of history.
It tells the story of the southern belle, Scarlet,
daughter of a cotton plantation owner,
Oh, the tangled love affairs she had,
her secret lover Ashley and the dashing Rhett.
Breathtaking visually with striking images,
I think directors are like painters creating.
oh, lets go back to the movie now, the war rages.
But through war, destruction, poverty and death,
even the loss of her child,
Scarlet, from spoiled belle to strength,
inspired me so much, the girl in satin dresses,
in one scene in rags, she vows to God, her words.
"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"
She stands holding the earth of Tara,
in her hands and looks to the sky.
And in the very end- after Rhett rejects her
she says, "I'll think about that tomorrow . . ."
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October 4, 2016
Poetry/Narrative/Colorize The Classics
Copyright Protected, ID 16-835-521-0
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
For the contest, Colorize The Classics,
sponsor, Kim Rodrigues
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