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for Ferguson, MO and Everywhere Else, USA
Dangerous, wanted
Endangered, hunted
Majestic
Beauty protected
Enraged
You, young
Black man
Stand in courage
In love
In honor
Resurrected
In glory
Forget put upon shame
Young man stand
In beauty
In strength
In dignity
Stripped and threatened
Generations down
Hands down
Young black man
Brother, father, husband, son
Stand in your weariness
Stand in your strength
In your courage
In your truth
In your faith
Stand knee high in the depths of your passion
Take your crown, young black man
Wear your crown
Young black man
Jacinta V. White is a NC Arts Council Teaching Artist and the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships for creative endeavors. She was the first to receive the Press 53 Open Award in Poetry, in 2008; and Finishing Line Press published her first chapbook of poetry broken ritual in 2012. Most recently, Jacinta has been published in Prime Number Magazine and the What Matters anthology published by Jacar Press. You can follow her on Twitter: @JacintaVWhite.