An inspiring day today I Norman Town. protesters in the street over some racist remarks made by some Frat boys. Well, really it was a bunch fraternity and sorority students on a bus chanting this:
“You can hang him from a tree,
but he can never sign with me.
There will never be a n***** in SAE.”
but he can never sign with me.
There will never be a n***** in SAE.”
Somebody on the bus video taped it and placed in on YouTube. All hell broke loose on Facebook last night and the anger and outrage carried over into the morning. The coolest thing though was the huge student protest that took place. No yelling or screaming just a silent march around the north oval.
Rain
Day
Early
morning rain against the window
not
thick but steady all day long.
The crowd never spoke.
The crowd never spoke.
The
only sound shoes
slopping
through
the
muddy pot holes
that
a few hard
winter
days had caused.
But
silence speaks in ways
words can never convey.
Eyes straight head
underneath rain hats and coats
words can never convey.
Eyes straight head
underneath rain hats and coats
and
umbrellas that wish
they
could go home
shaken-out
and placed in
a
warm corner of the room.
It’s
such a dirty day filled in
with
granite thoughts.
The
hangman’s noose swings
drunkenly
in the courtyard
where the protesters gather.
where the protesters gather.
The
sparrows are there too
along
the tree line.
No
chirping today only wondering
why
won’t the world shout its sorrow,
its
anger to the sky?
Woodie o3-o9-2o15
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