Born into it does not make one such.
One's mind and spirit must be made to be broken.
Stolen
Lost
Amongst
Vessels
Exporting
Society
*
Whipped
Extorted
Retailed
Exiled
*
North-Atlantic
Oceanic Slave
Trade
*
Beaten
Oppressed
Raped
Needed
*
Broken
Unsettled
Tormented
*
Mankind's
Assaulted
Decent
Envoys
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This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for May 2024 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (May 2024 – Barbara Hageman Sarvis's “Bird Ascending the Fire”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC24May.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about 20 hours ago in Poets
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A good anagramatic takedown of a great evil.
Great piece ❤️💯😉