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Burn and Bury: Let it Go And with any war
Flags are very important Signifiers
That mark the Social, Cultural and Historical space
We are in very Troubled Times
While some may believe the Confederate Flag
This story started many Scores Ago Is about Heritage and Not Hate
By the Founding Fathers
Many of whom may have known The Reality speaks Otherwise
This flag can never represent
Of the Toxic Contradictions
The Rich diversity and Dynamic heritage of southern folk
That would poison the future of this great land
Where the African American Experience has played a Central Role
From a Failed Reconstruction
A Compromised Civil Rights Movement Burn and Bury
And a Thwarted Black Power Movement Let it go Let it go
Burn and Bury
To silenced Affirmation Action
The Whites over Blacks
And the countless Lynchings
Occurrences of Police Brutality Burn and Bury
And instances of injustices in between Let it go Let it go
We see the Consistent Resistance Burn and Bury
The Systematic Attacks
To social respect and Justice
We are in Haunted times
If We Cannot resolve the issue of the Confederate flag
Where Race and Blackness Something we Can See and Touch
Are debated and presented like Magic How can we as a nation process the complex things we can Not See?
Tricking our Best Minds As We continue to fly this flag
Is not only Passive-Aggressive and disrespectful!
But it promotes Visual Terrorism
Burn and Bury
And if Black People and sympathetic others
Let it go Let it go Are not in Constant Resistance
Burn and Bury And Protest of such symbols
The Pain and The Woe Then we Run the Risk of sending the Wrong Signal
The Confederate Flag flying
The Fergusons
Burn and Bury
The Eric Gardners
Let it go Let it go And the cases like Baltimore are powerful examples
Burn and Bury That Show there is a consistent lack of respect for black people
The Stars and Bars- No Mo And where there is No Respect
There is No Justice
And then No Peace
We are in War Times
Where Racial Deflection Burn and Bury
And White Supremacy Let it go Let it go
And Privilege are on one side Burn and Bury
All that divide
And Black Poverty
And Mass Incarceration
Burn and Bury
And Double Consciousness Let it go Let it go
And on the other. Burn and Bury
Welcome to The American Civil War II All that have died
The War that started way before General Lee was born

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