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“Africa is My parentage .... this place Is not my home I abide In a land designed .... by men Who hate my 'tone May the blood of my antecedents Bless my seed .... and may it be Their defense And may that blood Forever protect .... their truth And their innocence *Excerpt from: Jacob's Ascent, New Collected Poems by Mekael © Mekael Shane, 2019” — Mekael Shane
Africa is
My parentage
.... this place
Is not my home
I abide
In a land designed
.... by men
Who hate my 'tone
May the blood of my antecedents
Bless my seed
.... and may it be
Their defense
And may that blood
Forever protect
.... their truth
And their innocence
*Excerpt from:
Jacob's Ascent,
New Collected Poems by Mekael
© Mekael Shane, 2019