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Battle‐Ready


Ancestral veneration
is one of the true paths for Afrika\'s offspring,
we daughters and sons of new-world friction,
we, who live in the aftermath of
one of history/s ugliest memories must
with a miracle mix of peppermint and sage
wash away our diseased mentalities.

Allow me to share with you
my dream of sweet liberty
the one where we
slay the haint of self-loathing and flagellation.
That succubus has been riding our backs
since that first long expedition
from land of promise to this land
where plunder and pillage is the prime directive.

May this be the day on which we
don the armor to expel self-hate
and accentuate our positive possibilities,
each one, touch one -
and spread family love in unison…
turn outward aggressions against
the enemy within --
emerge from scourge
and yes, we will win!')