The Shame Of The Slavery Science Poem by John Sensele

Echoes of empire
Freckles and heckles on pyre
Groan and moan for truth
To redress stresses swinging uncouth

When pills of history prowl bitter
For truth throngs which repel the fritter
Winners wind in cheeky chillies
History apologists squeeze alongside follies

That disparage the prior perception of natives
Who cherished their territory despite negatives
Spun in ear-dogged history books
Teeming with a disdain for spooks

Who roamed ancestral sites
Mosquitoes doggedly guarded through bites
Inflicted on invaders who pillaged
African treasures beyond measure and waged

A slave trade that uprooted millions
From stars of Africa to earn zillions
Which built cities and industries
Exploiting slaves in factories and histories

That lubricated the triangular trade
From Africa to America and Europe whose grade
Summersaults in the shame
European tycoons inflicted on slaves in a game

Played and displayed with African blood
In defiance of the frenzy of the flood
Spurred on by the human conscience
That recoils and revolts at the shame of the slave science.