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Dear America,
Land of the free
Home of the brave
Superpower.
This is what I hear
slide from the mouths
of teachers, parents, patriots.
But it is not what i feel
when i hear ignorance shouting,
"F**!"
into the ears of somebody
who was born a little different.
It is not what i feel
when on a college tour
I am handed a rape whistle
and told "the best thing is,
you can blow it and keep running".
It is not what I feel
when i hear a gunshot,
and know that a bullet
is just another part of the
black man's anatomy.
It is not what I feel
when it is 2015
and love is illegal.
When it is 2015
and I will only make
seventy seven cents
to a man's dollar.
When it is 2015
and being black
is still a crime.
Dear America,
You're not free.
You're not brave.
You're just broken.
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