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Eve of Twenty

Juneteenth

By Harper Lewis Published 5 months ago • 1 min read
Eve of Twenty
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Thirty months

stolen

from freed men

(women never get

emancipated)

still judged

for melanin

in skin

required to be thick

Holiday

About the Creator

Harper Lewis

Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis