RECONCILIATION
Never been my strong suit.
These old trees
still breathing for me
doing the lung thing
high and hot
This girl who skis
This river still running
Fish with deep memories
Justice rolling because
that's what justice does
Finishing the Grant biography
Reconstruction dead
Civil Rights Bill of 1875 not enforced
How we end up on this river
Crossing Bridge of the Gods
and what do the natives have to say
about the naming of that one
all of our words
tracked and counted and sorted
into neat piles by men
with security clearances
Hey man! How ya doing this morning!
Shout out to the censors
give them a heads up
what's happening sibling!
These old trees
still breathing for me
doing the lung thing
high and hot
This girl who skis
This river still running
Fish with deep memories
Justice rolling because
that's what justice does
Finishing the Grant biography
Reconstruction dead
Civil Rights Bill of 1875 not enforced
How we end up on this river
Crossing Bridge of the Gods
and what do the natives have to say
about the naming of that one
all of our words
tracked and counted and sorted
into neat piles by men
with security clearances
Hey man! How ya doing this morning!
Shout out to the censors
give them a heads up
what's happening sibling!
All the lonely mothers!
Pay attention to the chart
with the statistic of what happens
when people go to school
with the statistic of what happens
when people go to school
Doesn't look too good
One group see if you can
pick that out
They need some of your love
Call them out with language
Jim Bodeen
3 June 2018
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