my soul will not bleed you may tear away my flesh torture these old bones scream obscenities but i have learned of the truth and understand my self-worth so your words and deeds cannot penetrate my soul centuries of lies used as societal chains no longer bound my future to your perspective of life without breath or pulse i would rather be than forced to live as a slave to your will
was just suspected although no clear evidence but thought that freedom was never attainable even with the chains removed since shackles of laws were formed
the brown bag prophet
was busy writing
at a park bench
when i was
on my way home
when i inquired
as to
what he was writing
the prophet
said
i’m preparing
some questions
to replace
those removed
by
the college board
about
real
american history
regarding blacks
what do you
think about
this one
what does
the name
desantis
have in common
with the following words
racist
homophobic
fascist
apartheid
maybe this one
should also
be
included
how is
mussolini
to
hitler
as
desantis
is to
trump
oh hell
maybe we should
do away
with the whole
college board
since
it seems
just to be
another
political entity
and
god knows
we don’t need
another
one
of
those
the brown bag prophet said given the current list of plagues and school board meetings resembling the spanish inquisition i fully expect that we’ll soon have the great teachers witch trials complete with teachers firmly tied to tetherball poles surrounded by a stack of burning banned books books banned for their revealing the truth about our illustrious forefathers you know the ones that massacred native americans and enslaved others for purely selfish reasons their own financial gain and unfettered power lord knows we can’t have children knowing the truth such truths might hurt their mental status making them feel guilty and limiting how many of them that will be willing to commit similiar crimes in the future and then where would we be
when destitution permeates society people seek out and believe whatever false hope is preached by charlatans who offer up empty dreams designed to make themselves rich
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