history lesson
“Jim Crow”
a song in our fourth grade
music book
we thought it was about a bird
history hung
over us
Juneteenth
fireworks light the night
“freedom”
is a hologram
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Absolutely stunning poetry.
I feel like I stepped into that moment in 4th grade with you. And love, love the firework (general U.S.A.) critique.
Thank you.
Especially love the final image.
I’m going to be thinking about freedom as a hologram for a long time.
Powerful!
So so timely – exposing our naive backstories, juxtaposition of “Juneteenth” with “fireworks light the night” (read [light “our minds”] does indeed linger!