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1 poem·Since April 2013
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Equal

April 13, 2013
Since the founding of this country, we talk about equality But really it’s hard for me to see it There’s still racism, sexism, fights against sexuality So where’s all that spoken of equality? It’s held behind the doors of churches and congress It’s behind those who think white make is superior Leaving the rest of us inferior Black, female, gay, transgendered We all have to feel the violence and slander I was supposed to be born in the land of the free But all I see is what they don’t want us to be
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