The Chain Breakers
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Last published Thu, Jan 25, 2018
I created this book in time for February, -Black History Month. The whole premise as the title suggests is to break the chains that continue to enslave us, -chains being any barrier or element that suppresses someone. I personally find some of my poetry to be offensive in its context and while I'd like to apologize for it, I have to defend it and stand by it because I feel it implies a truth we are so oblivious to, that it kills me. Some works premiered here are from years ago, I just had to dig up some of my grave yard poetry so to speak, to resurrect the ghosts, not all poems are worth dying. There's haiku poetry, and spoken word. I tried to keep it short and sweet. Premiers on Amazon February. Mature content due to language...
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