From the Plantation to the Penitentiary

"From the Plantation to the Penitentiary."

The promise of 40 acres and a mule wasn't kept in the way
those wicked devils meant it to be.
The twist is they put you on 40 acres and treat you like a mule
when you are sent to the penitentiary.
Slavery still exists for economic reasons, they made money
off the slaves on the plantation and prison is big business today.
That is why they build more prisons than schools
and they are always putting those they set up away.
Greed fuels the Drug industry, Tax free money in the multi-billions
and drugs fuel the crime spree for those who aren't able to afford them.
The drugs are created to be very addictive to keep a customer coming back
they come back to the people who also outlaw them who makes life for the poor grim.
They put drugs in your community like alcohol on the Indian reservation
they want your destruction and want your money as they destroy you.
You aren't needed like you were when you were plantation slaves
so your destruction is what they will do.
Don't be fooled just because a few have Things we aren't that far removed
from the 60's hatred for all non-whites is real and covert.
They smile in your face and pat you on your back but
in truth it is you they are trying to hurt.
White supremacy is a sickness, I recently went to the Klan's website
they say they are a "Christian" organization that gives hope to the white race.
They are looking forward to the return of their white Jesus
many of you say color doesn't matter but it matters to them, your blackness they want to erase.
They had some black people on their site who they accused of killing a white
couple and they say it was a hate crime, I guess it was cool what they did to us.
I know everyone is not the same but instead of looking at each other with hate and distrust
you better look at the same faces that destroyed the Indians, them you can't trust.
Your destruction is top priority on their list, you want their women and they want you believe me this they aren't accepting as many of you believe.
Just like their father the devil who also has a lot of black children thanks to integration they practice only to deceive.
Like I said Prisons are big business and blacks are filling them to capacity
the youth are filling the prisons and the graves as a result of the guns and drugs that come in like a flood.
We are fulfilling the dreams of the white supremacists
that probably dream of an all white America as we spill each other's blood.
From the plantation to the penitentiary the few who are the exception think they
have arrived but that is a part of the devil's plan.
If they continue to be a threat to insecure wicked white males
they too will be set up whether or not they make money for them and thrown in the can.

Shelly David Wright, Poet
healingheartspoetry@yahoo.com