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/figcaption></figure><p id="2057">America lay tied in chains, Violated again and again; Scores of women warned us beforehand, But we ignored all their claims. Look where it has gotten us, We have no dignity left; Black brothers s

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laughtered daily, Just their memories remain.</p><p id="2ac4">To read the entire poem, and to sign up for TEP’s <b>Poem of the Day</b>, visit <a href="http://theeverydaypoet.com"><i>theeverydaypoet.com</i></a></p></article></body>

America Lay Tied in Chains

Image: Water color on paper, J. P. Moriarty

America lay tied in chains, Violated again and again; Scores of women warned us beforehand, But we ignored all their claims. Look where it has gotten us, We have no dignity left; Black brothers slaughtered daily, Just their memories remain.

To read the entire poem, and to sign up for TEP’s Poem of the Day, visit theeverydaypoet.com

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