The Racial Gun! Poem by Eric Cockrell

the racial gun
has always been pointed
at the masses....

by those who control us
for their own benefit.

'keep them afraid of each other,
make them hate each other,
tell them they're different! ....

anything to keep them
from realizing they're all human,
and joining together! '

anything to keep us from rising up,
and throwing off the chains
of oppression!

folks, there's only two kinds of people....
the masses, struggling, working, needing,
living, loving... just trying to get by....
all different colors, male and female....

and the ones who keep their finger on us,
well hidden, well insulated....
who take from us to feed their greed!