POETRY Reading: DREAM, by Acquanetta Moore
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1m 8s
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
the dream
the reality
the ghettos
the insanity
the inhumanity
look at the world’s state
poverty
look how power rapes
could I take
dirty water under
the poorest living conditions
still praying, hoping, wishing
dreaming of that new day
dreaming of equal opportunity
how can I not cry for the world
look at everything it’s doing
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