Red Vinyl

Iconic of the civil rights, Just a stool in a lunch counter, Unknowing and unwavering, they played a part that needed playing, Non-Violent, yet more powerful than retaliation. Brave men and women fighting for their rights, Rights which the whites found inherent, Years struggling to merely sit and eat in peace, Greensborough Four, a beacon. Looking back, now with equity upon us, Sitting at a counter seems unimportant, History being euphemized, Red vinyl seats sitting still, a lost symbol.