Steven Taylor Poems

I hide within a culture where black people
kill their brother everyday
no other culture on this earth
slaughter humans in this way..
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my first born child, my oldest girl
my heart, my soul, my life,
has offered a man her soft hand
to hold on as his wife
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Whites insane effort to sustain
a state of slavery
today influences Black life
more than the eye can see
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gemini, ...

two hearts, two souls, one mind, ..
a most peculiar sign, ..
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We come together, young and old
we travel distance just to be
surrounded by our people
cousins, uncles, aunts and grans
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when a friendship dies, …..
somebody that was close to you,
somebody that you knew
always had your back from first grade thru high skoo…
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geminis…
most as gentle as a lamb,
as smooth as polished rocks…
a moment passes, .. blam! !
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ain't it funny how the price of gas
does our attention pull, ...
last week a sawbuck was a joke
today it filled tanks quarter full
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stop and think, ….
…… pause and ponder, ….
about religious war,
close your eyes and visualize,
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Galoshes and long underwear
cod liver oil and Vicks
mom forced it down me everyday
her winter bag of tricks
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