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The Last Days of King

Historical Satire

By Matthew PrimousPublished about a year ago 5 min read
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The Last Days of King
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The Scripture says after doing everything to stand and stand firmly. And that is just what I am going to do. Remembering where I was brought from going in and out of prison, being beaten in and out of season. Remembering where I was saved from. It has been a long journey. It has been a long mighty road. We were not alone my friend. We were not alone at all. We walked with each other holding hands down the uncertain road. We walk with grace and dignity for the fight of freedom. We walked unafraid of scourging and unafraid of the pain we were going to face. No those officers did not get the best of us. No those dogs in our way did not get the best of us. We stood on freedom's ground with our heads held high. Because we knew what we were fighting for. We knew where we were delivered. We made up in our minds to fight on. We made up in our minds to live and not die. And if we die then we die the fight of freedom. We die the death of the righteous and the Almighty will see and delivered us again and again. I speak unafraid. I speak without a doubt. My faith is reassured. My hope is still there. I did not forget the foundaiton of my faith. I did not forget where I was delivered. I still remember the chains. I still remember the pain. I still remember the relief of salvation. I still remember my upbringings and where I now stand. And I am telling you we will see victory. We will see deliverance. And if I don't make it with you, remember what I taught you, remember where we were brought from, remember the trials and tribulations and don't ever forget where you were delivered, don't ever forget where you were saved, don't ever forget because mean our cause was for nothing and my friend I didn't walk for nothing. You didn't confront those officers for nothing, you didn't go to jail for nothing, you didn't get beaten halfway to death for nothing. It was for the glory of his coming, it was for the righteousness prepared for us, it was to ensure the rights we must be given, the freedom that must not be sparing.

As King wrote his speech with his wife reviewing and applauding his work in his private study. So he he ate breakfast with his friends and family and kiss his children good bye as he went with his friends to Memphis. His oldest daughter remember asking her father if he would be back in time to see her school play and he smile at her calling her by the nickname he gave to her reassuring her on the porch of the family home. His friends reassured him and told him about the racism in Memphis. And they discussed along the way about what to do as King listened. King finally decided at the airport as news were there what to do. He would smile graciously and proudly and just stated work to be done, work to be done for justice. Then he boarded the plane and they discussed the hatred and Jim Crow of the North. These sanitation workers are being cheated. They are being bullied. They are being intimidated. They are being treated like servants. And nobody is sticking up for them. Nobody is fighting for them. King supposed as he looks out the window, Maybe they might need encouragement. Maybe they might need to know the history of the movement. They might need inspiration and encouragement to fight on whether I live or perish. I want ya all to know that the Civil Rights must not die with me. It must not go with me. I have fought too hard and others before me. I am just one leader but the people must have more leaders who will fight on. And they stood on the plane for a few more hours then the plane landed. King well protected sits in the back of the car with a friend beside him on either side. And so King says let's listen to the radio and hear what Memphis people hear. And so they turned on the radio and they are half way to the hotel then a white supremacist says and threatens King. King holds his position and says turned it off. He arrives at the hotel and they meet up at his room. King rests and delivered his speech at the local church the following day and he changes his speech with sweat and a gentle tear he emphasized My eyes have seen the coming of his glory. If I don't get there with you. Keep fighting until all have freedom until all have liberty until all have rights. Glory is coming, glory is coming glory is coming for I have been to the mountain top. And the crowd gives a thunderous applauds and King is quickly escorted from the crowd. The following days leading up, King eat fried fish and french fries for lunch after a morning prayer with his friends. They are preparing to March on Washington. His friends check the security and leave for certain duties pertaining to the second March on Washington. Sometime alone in the hotel room, King gets a phone call, its the white supramacist he calls King the N-Word and says he is gonna kill him. And King says I don't fear any man. And after praying silently he finishes dressing and walks toward the window and steps out. A gentle breeze passes on that warm morning. He hears the morning traffic and hold a strong position and he is thinking hard. He is fixed on certain issues and he refuses to moved and he is caught up in his certainties. And he hears his friends come in the hotel and turn then there was a loud noise like a small rocket and King fell to the floor on his back. All of his friends rushing out to see him and he is bleeding drastically on the hotel room's floor, he is still alive and they call his wife. He is rushed to the hospital, where they tried to reassure his friends and they are trying to save his life. As soon as his wife comes immediately King has a stroke and dies.

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Matthew Primous

I am a Black Scholar, International Scholar, & Google Scholar, & 3-Time Eber & Wein Best Poet., Nominee for Poet of the Year, 2020 Black Author Matters Winner, 2 time Akademia Excellence Essayists,& 2022 Honorary Muckrack Journalist.

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