cont. “Inheritance “. 3
My great- great-grandfather’s name
Is not in a book.
But his granddaughter taught me
To read
To remember,
To refuse
The comfort
of forgetting.
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cont. “Inheritance”. 2
Will they say we were happy?
Will they say it wasn’t bad?
Will they say we sang
And never mention why we needed
those sorrow songs,
Those gospel moans
those blues that wouldn’t break?
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“Inheritance”
What will they say we were when all the signs are gone? When the parks are scrubbed clean and the photographs stored away in boxes marked Too Disturbing Too Negative Too True
To be continued
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