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Thomas Jefferson
O Thomas.. you point out the disparities in us all..
you wrote an abolition of slavery clause in the Declaration..
yet your peers defeated it.. even so you were paying
for bounty men to round up your run away slaves..
you promised freedom to your children by Sally Hemings..
but 200 of your slaves were sold at auction at your death
You took Sally to Paris.. where she was free..
You showed love to your white granchildren.. but not
to your black children.
The water by the Jefferson Memorial.. is the reflecting
water of Sally Hemings.. eternal woman.. receiving
insult after insult.. never responding.
