Memories….Of Another Place….Another Time Poem by James B. Earley

The School House…the Hospital
….Movie balcony in town
We don’t serve Colored folks
…Those memories….abound

Water fountains…Black and White
…Arranged…..side-by-side
Countless hours relegated
…..To back….of bus rides

The only world…I knew
Was segregated by race
…..1940’s teenage years
I grew up…at that place

Now…sitting here…reminiscing
…Life’s years….reminds me
Of Man’s inhumanity to Man
Its recollection has brought me

Intense moments of reflection
Ancient times…ancient places
….Remains vivid…that portrait…
Worried minds….troubled faces