Red Circle
by Harvest McCampbell
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we were raised
by alcoholic parents or taken from our parents or given away to grandmothers aunts relatives strangers given to white folks by government agencies the world turned us round and round till we barely understood who we were but when earth whispers our names our hearts respond the hoops of our nations call us back to the circle we sit growing strong |
and we drank when our children were young and we gave our children away sometimes they were taken raised by grandmothers aunts relatives strangers the white folks approved by government agencies but when earth whispers their names their hearts will respond and the hoops of our nations will call us back to the circle where we all grow strong we will mend the damage that has been done tears in our eyes and raise our children red and strong |
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