Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879. George K. Warren. (National Archives Gift Collection)
Exact Date Shot Unknown
NARA FILE #: 200-FL-22
WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 113
I do not have dreams that I remember but this is the war;
That I was at Queen Mary’s trying to make up,
For slipping,
-skipping school-
And now the scent is after me, evil
Plastic lips and yellow handbags,
After my own whiteness,
Pure white, like
Extra-pure, like
Black is dirty, or something
And I prayed for others today,
Sold good cabbage,
Hoped it will all be ok in the end, that
It would all be ok.
♦Photos – Federick Douglass and Ufunk♦
-short, evocative poetry-
