July 4, 1776
July 4, 1776
where were you
African man/woman
in celebration or on plantation
popping fire crackers
picking cotton
what were you doing
why were you doing it
with whom were you doing it
July 4, 1776
were you part of new nation
or ole member Massa Johnson's plantation
where were you
July 4, 1776
African man/African woman
--Marvin X
7/4/95
Philly PA
from Love and War Poems by Marvin X, 1995, Black Bird Press, Berkeley CA.