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I love to hear the stories,
That my mama and daddy tell;
Sometimes, we’ll just sit a while,
And they’ll talk for a spell.
They’ve told me of how hard it was,
For them to get to vote;
They’d go down to the courthouse door,
And there would be a note;
“Out To Lunch” or “No One’s In,”
“Come Back Another Day,”
In all kinds of ways you wouldn’t believe,
They were turned away.
Even when they did get in,
There were more hurdles they had to cross;
They’d be asked to answer questions
That would put anyone at a loss,
“How many bubbles in a bar of soap?”
“How many pennies in that jar?”
How many raindrops to fill a barrel?”
“How many miles to a star?”
It seems almost incredulous
That this was how it was;
But, believe you me, no matter what,
I vote, now , just because.
Poet commentary:
Change is all around us, change is in the air…
Ecclesiastes 3:1 says: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
We all know that in the political world, it is way past time for a change.
We have a chance now to effect this monumental, historical change.
For those of you who have early voted..Job well done!
For those of us who did not have the priviledge to early vote in our areas, it is time to step up to the plate.
We don’t have the right NOT to vote.
Too many people sacraficed , suffered and died for our right to vote.
We have a chance to really make the words/hopes/dreams ring true of the Negro National Anthemn..Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
James Weldon Johnson
We have a chance with each of our votes to make the proverbial “shot heard around the world.”
I was listening to the words of Sam Cooke on the radio singing..It’s been a long time coming..but I know..a change gonna come.”
I just shook my head in agreement…
I asked my mother the other day what she will do when Barack wins the presidency
She said..”I don’t know..I think I’ll just cry.”
Me too, mama..I think, I’ll just cry.
P.S. If there is any doubt at all…I’m voting for THAT ONE (smile)
Happy Voting!!!!
Patricia Neely-Dorsey
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