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POEM
BUDDIES
Generations of bigotry
Racist claws ensnarl
Those infectious thoughts
Rooted deeply in the soil
Weeds of hate sprout
No flowers blooming
In friendships that restore
Unless in a child
Where buddies do get formed
By simply being around
In everyday play
Little more than a glance begins
The happenstance of chance
Where risks don’t exist
From the color of a buddy’s skin
They should be everywhere
Yet, these buddies hardly anywhere
When knee high to a grasshopper
In everyday play
By simply being around
POEM
BUDDIES
Generations of bigotry
Racist claws ensnarl
Those infectious thoughts
Rooted deeply in the soil
Weeds of hate sprout
No flowers blooming
In friendships that restore
Unless in a child
Where buddies do get formed
By simply being around
In everyday play
Little more than a glance begins
The happenstance of chance
Where risks don’t exist
From the color of a buddy’s skin
They should be everywhere
Yet, these buddies hardly anywhere
When knee high to a grasshopper
In everyday play
By simply being around