Tubman's Mission - Born Again Poem by James B. Earley

Which is…itself….an indictment…
Bigotry…..long….this Nation's sin
Harriet's likeness reverberating
….Tubman's…mission born again

Amongst the Country's…historical issues
….Prejudice…..hatred……..lingers still
Projected……angered……opposition…
Toward Tubman's image…indeed the bill

Revealed torment in minds of many
…..Animosity's abject distaste
Throngs….worked up…..fits of hissy
Blasphemous irony……Tubman's face

Slavery engraved upon the Twenty
…The very essence…to some…demeans
Yesteryear's sense…of 'Great America'
…Tubman's black…'defaced' the green

Conflict itself….but…an indictment
…..Bigotry…..long….this Nation's sin
Harriet's…reincarnated madness
….Tubman's…mission…..born again


Author's note:
~Paige Lavender, Senior Politics Editor, The Huffington Post,4/20/2016 - "Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced Wednesday that Harriet Tubman will replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. In a call with reporters, Lew said the back of the $20 will feature an image of the White House as well as an image of Jackson."