
The stain on the page is black
read
and wrong
The page crisp and white
sharp edged
clearly misunderstood
The black man
labors from the brightness of his house
unrest in his soul
Whitewashed into Passing
The white man
robed in pretentious black
plots from false corners
Shadowed capital
of injustice and lust
Methodical
in the decomposition of a nation
the ceremonial glee
dark and dank
Void is this discharge
Toxic is the flow
Terror occupies
welcoming its mold
Final this decision
this derision.
copyright 2011 tgwithin


Salon.com
Comments
♥R
Hope dies
as it has for
those laboring to break free
from this judging
for more than a century
Such a powerful poem
thank you
rated with love