There is redistricting going on in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina to favor white voters so that MAGA will retain its majority in the midterms. Racism never left, but now it is emboldened.
the “flag” ensconced in memory,
racism steeped in sweet tea,
in calls that “white lives matter”
as if they ever didn’t.
Skeletons live in red mud,
no markers speak their names,
yet some will fight with fury,
demand history be remembered,
wreaths laid for statued images.
“Heritage” is a code word
for hate, deflecting truth.
The bones of all,
both slave and soldier
look the same now,
the skin that divided,
gone.
Racism lives on…
in redlined streets breathing toxic air
in a desert of nourishment
where mothers die in higher numbers
and children learn in underfunded rooms,
in districts drawn to dilute their vote,
in prisons full of brown bodies
that survived the knee, the gun, the badge.
The war is long over.
The battles wage on.
Poetry by Melinda K Zarate
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Written on 2026-05-13 at 23:43
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The Battle Wages On
The old south remains,the “flag” ensconced in memory,
racism steeped in sweet tea,
in calls that “white lives matter”
as if they ever didn’t.
Skeletons live in red mud,
no markers speak their names,
yet some will fight with fury,
demand history be remembered,
wreaths laid for statued images.
“Heritage” is a code word
for hate, deflecting truth.
The bones of all,
both slave and soldier
look the same now,
the skin that divided,
gone.
Racism lives on…
in redlined streets breathing toxic air
in a desert of nourishment
where mothers die in higher numbers
and children learn in underfunded rooms,
in districts drawn to dilute their vote,
in prisons full of brown bodies
that survived the knee, the gun, the badge.
The war is long over.
The battles wage on.
Poetry by Melinda K Zarate
Read 135 times
Written on 2026-05-13 at 23:43
Tags Politics Racism
Save as a bookmark (requires login) Write a comment (requires login) Send as email (requires login) Print text
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