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