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2016-05-25 00:00:00 +0000 |
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Post Civil War Chattanooga | poetry |
This post-civil-war-torn-town Gave refuge To the shackled and bound.
This town's river bubbled With hope from beneath To attract the outcast And mask the town's deceit.
Traffic soon birthed To industrial sound.
Its booming business Broke the backs Of the beaten down.
Jim Crow rose To further ostracize And whiteout the spots Missed by redlines.
This town's river bubbled With sewage from beneath. Today's gentrified waters Taste just as bittersweet.