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STREET DEMONSTRATION


A poem by Margaret Walker


Hurry up Lucille or we won’t get arrested with our group
                     An eight-year-old demonstrator, 1963


WE’RE HOPING TO BE ARRESTED
AND HOPING TO GO TO JAIL
WE’LL SING AND SHOUT AND PRAY
FOR FREEDOM AND FOR JUSTICE
AND FOR HUMAN DIGNITY


THE FIGHTING MAY BE LONG
AND SOME OF US WILL DIE
BUT LIBERTY IS COSTLY
AND ROME THEY SAY TO ME
WAS NOT BUILT IN ONE DAY.

 

 

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