African-American
Reparation
Reconnecting, retrieving, repairing
Memory that has been broken
In order to heal
Tears unshed as a result
Of that experience
That no other race
Has had to endure
To restore
A sense of pride
Let’s propose a committee
Of people who can talk
About scar tissue
From segregation
A framing programme to lift people
Academically, to open opportunity
Early intervention for children
In poverty, poor school facilities
Social inheritance
Enslaved for 240 years
Their memory taken
The unfairness has to be
Reconciled, be talked about
A mistold, epic story
Where is the movie?
You forget your story-
You have no self
We need programmes
Lets start with love
Teach schools the history
Political intervention
For reparation
Catrina Jones.
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