Football Racism Poems

Adoptee Victim of the Holidays by Corey Quinn (Chaotic rhyme scheme to match my emotional state)

As I enter the home to over salted deviled eggs,...

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Fresh football fixtures, fill our Saturdays
kids all get haircuts and new shoes for school
white summer dresses are folded away
north winds caress us as evenings turn...

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The year of 2022 and we still experience fear. 
Why do you fear us in “Your” neighborhood, especially Black males? You fear Black males, yet...

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Poor, addled Colin Kapernick
Once a coveted NFL draft pick

   Made $43 million in pro football, yet finds it all unsavory
   Victimized!...

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Number 42 Retire
Brooklyn Dodgers Number 42
Hang up your jersey, honey
No one can follow you after Jackie Robinson

Major League Baseball was uplifted into the outer sphere
When...

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You watched it on TV 
And you might have wondered why
Colin knelt on that football field 
What was he attempting to try? 
The narrative of...

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Did you see all those N___ on their knee
Protesting millionaire players a monopoly 

Those S O B's should be fired he declared
If its wasn't for...

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When blackness turns into light

Society could not deny
what we saw
with our own two eyes.

We saw blackness
turn into light
soulful stars
illuminating
white nights.

Jackie was a pioneer
his love lifted...

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