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Triple K

April 27, 2017
By AlienDude BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
AlienDude BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost.


The KKK is a disgrace 

Using a mask to hideaway.

Why do you hide your face

If you believe in what you say? 

 

Four little girls in Birmingham-

Innocent, sweet, and kind.

Didn't you even give damn

That shattered families were left behind?

 

One young boy named Emmitt Till

Tourted, hung, for daring to try 

Speaking to a white woman who wanted him killed.

And later amitted her terrible lie.

 

A horrible moment in our country's past. 

Bloody Sunday is how it's known.

People were beaten and tear gassed,

As they lay there and suffered alone.

 

Later, on a fateful day,

In Memphis, Tennessee,

They shot our leader, MLK,

Who wanted us equal and free.

 

People fought for our rights.

Still you killed with hate.

Have you come to see the light?

Or, for you, is it too late? 


The author's comments:

I wrote this to get the worod about how things really were. How you could get killed for lies, hate, and basically for doing anything. It is sick and heart shattering to believe that this really happend in our countries history. 


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on May. 1 2017 at 12:47 pm
AlienDude BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost.

Thank You. Wise words.

on Apr. 29 2017 at 8:34 pm
mpino101752 BRONZE, Conway, South Carolina
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I love how your ballad exposes pre-existing issues that our still going on today, and your use of mild language really helps get the point across.