Fake Blacks As Targets
By the 1900s, it was no longer acceptable to use real
blacks as targets, so the faces of African Americans were
reproduced in wooden and metal forms
My mouth is open.
Kiss me.
Hold my old and splintered lips,
And close them.
I am poor.
So pay me.
But your rancid copper pennies,
Taste bloody on my tongue.
My eyes are staring.
Wake me.
Scrape away the darkened paint,
That shackles me to anger.
My mouth is open.
Feed me.
Free me from the game you play,
I've given all I have away.
Frances Marcinkiewicz-Big Rapids High School, 2002
http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/violence.htm
கோவை விஜயா பதிப்பகம், டிசம்பர் 2012-ல்,
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