By Ruben Wilson

 
rulers, reigned, kings, queens
proud, dignified, intellegent
designers, builders, owners

producers, protectors, loyal
stolen, captured, sold
slavery, beatings, willie’s  lynching’s,  jim’s crow
paranoia, conspiracies, hopelessness, depression
trinket selling, crumb snatchers
miseducated, un & underemployed
complacent, homeless, beggars
socially engineered 21st century slaves

revolution, naw
satisfied & domesticated
no revolution