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Cynique
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Username: Cynique

Post Number: 13152
Registered: 01-2004

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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 12:11 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

After grawing on a ear of corn, left over from Thanksgiving, I was inspired to spew out this poem.
~Cynique~




A book of history is soon due out,
written by the moving hands of time.
It's a saga where a lesson is taught about
the discrimination of the Liberty Bell's chime.

Slavery spread the span of its wings
denying captives the privilege to hear
the clarion clang of freedom's rings
that cruel masters muffled with fear.

As centuries of bondage came and went
the weary trudged down the rough road.
Though chins stayed up, their backs were bent
working fields where hope, too, was sowed.

After Abe's civil war ended in victory,
loosened shackles exposed old sores
made worse by the salt of bigotry
flushing through emancipated pores.

The long struggle for true democracy
marched on in hard-pressed fights,
until at last the battle for equality
claimed triumph for civil rights.

But racism was in no hurry to vanish,
still creeping through all walks of life.
White supremacy was difficult to banish,
its effects integrated with strife.

Then another century took its turn,
And change sped up its pace,
as power became the main concern
in the form of a White House race.

As this book draws to an amazing close,
the presidential inauguration
will install the wise choice of those
who elected him the new head of our proud nation.

The story's last chapter will inspire a glow,
Offering an illuminating tale to critique.
Were the characters bold, did the text have flow,
was the style boring, or was it unique?

How many stars will this effort earn?
Is a thumbs-up what reports will be citing?
Yes! A rave-worthy work is there to discern,
And a sequel is there for the writing.

All hail to the chief Barak Obama,
who fulfilled Martin's wonderful dream!
He became the hero of an incredible drama
by defeating the opposition's team.

You go, Bro.
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Cagedbird
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Username: Cagedbird

Post Number: 17
Registered: 02-2004

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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 01:02 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

DANG! U R better than CAREY, lol!!!!!!!!
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique

Post Number: 13156
Registered: 01-2004

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Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 04:07 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

:-)

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