WATCH DAY, 2017
Watch Day.
31 December 1862.
Midnight on 2 January
everybody free.
Another contribution
by African-Americans
moving hope
from the next world
to this one--replacing
at the same time
Heartbreak Day--
January 1, the day
slaves were often sold
separating them
from families,
a good-bye day.
Walking deeper
into traffic
it is not a new thing--
the way African-American
transforms me, holding my hand,
walking me back
to a way of hoping,
walking me back to hope.
Jim Bodeen
31 December 2017
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