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Avoiding the Melanoid

Sun, 03/03/2013 - 18:13 -- ktpatton13

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United States
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Minorities and majorities are no matter
Regardless of the nonviolence, they never escaped detection

Between rejection of a race and acceptance; I’d choose the latter

Difference is distance in a world dependent of perfection

Why were we living in the same place as hundreds of years past?
“Physicality restricting lavatory use? No way.

There was not a chance this mentality would last.”

“What about those two men, can they marry today?”

The argument remains the same
Mankind is slow to change

The end of the war between ourselves made a senseless nation

Segregation and separation stand for an abomination

For a people striving for perfection
We lack greatly in correct direction

In a world where “swag” and power trump all else

Is this world truly evolving or stuck on itself?

Guide that inspired this poem: 
7 Tips for Writing Poetry on Civil Rights

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