I am a Black Woman
by Mari Evans

I am a black woman
the music of my song
some sweet arpeggio of tears
is written in a minor key
and I
can be heard humming in the night
Can be heard
humming
in the night

I saw my mate leap screaming to the sea
and I/with these hands/cupped the lifebreath
from my issue in the canebrake
I lost Nat's swinging body in a rain of tears
and heard my son scream all the way from Anzio
for Peace he never knew....I
learned Da Nang and Pork Chop Hill
in anguish
Now my nostrils know the gas
and these trigger tire/d fingers
seek the softness in my warrior's beard

I am a black woman
tall as a cypress
strong
beyond all definition still
defying place
and time
and circumstance
assailed
impervious
indestructible
Look
on me and be
renewed

The State of the union is strong for trump and his cabal, because he's personally pocketed more money in one year than any sitting potus in US history!

Thus far, he's received:
- A $400 million dollar 747 airliner courtesy of Qatar
- Bribe money from the Middle East 👇🏾
- Emoluments violations from a Bitcoin capital scam
- Billions as head of the bogus Gaza Board of Peace scam, that's nothing but a money grab.
- A Tesla vehicle courtesy of DOGE
- A $5M immigration gold card for high donor entrance into the country (the source of the funding is irrelevant)
- A golden cell phone for sale...
- A golden $1 dollar trump coin

...... and counting....

We are...Human.

Value
A popular speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20 bill. A crowd of 200 had gathered to hear him speak. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?”
200 hands went up.
He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He crumpled the bill up.
He then asked, “Who still wants it?”
All 200 hands were still raised.
“Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” Then he dropped the bill on the ground and stomped on it with his shoes.
He picked it up, and showed it to the crowd. The bill was all crumpled and dirty.
“Now who still wants it?”
All the hands still went up.
“My friends, I have just showed you a very important lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, life crumples us and grinds us into the dirt. We make bad decisions or deal with poor circumstances. We feel worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. You are special – Don’t ever forget it!
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The seven primary European countries that colonized Africa during the late 19th-century "Scramble for Africa" were the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, dividing the continent among themselves with Britain and France holding the largest territories.
United Kingdom: Major holdings in East, West, and Southern Africa (e.g., Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa).
France: Controlled vast areas in West and North Africa (e.g., Algeria, Senegal, Madagascar).
Germany: Acquired territories like German East Africa (Tanzania) and Namibia before World War I.
Belgium: Ruled the resource-rich Belgian Congo (DRC).
Portugal: Held Angola and Mozambique.
Italy: Colonized Libya, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland.
Spain: Gained Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara.

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