Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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BLt=~CT.~~ POV ~rER : Page 11 -<br />
1967 . . .YEER OF ORGANIZ1iTION<br />
Vlhere are the warriors, the young men?<br />
VVho guards the women's quarters -- the burnt-hair©d<br />
nuomer_'s quarters -_<br />
~ar~3 hears their broken sobbing in the night?<br />
V~Ihere are the warriors, the young men?<br />
1Nho guards the women's quarters?<br />
EARTH<br />
(f or Mrs . Mary Bethune and the<br />
African and AfricanAmerican woman)<br />
(by Roland Snellings, from SO'JLBOOK 2)<br />
To endur© . To remain, like the red earth, strong and fecUndant .<br />
Your conpery,~ chocolate, ebony warm-skin scoured . . .and toughened<br />
by the grid wind .<br />
. -The wrinkles'in your eyes, your smile, your frowning foreheads<br />
arc ~he Stars within your Crown, my women .<br />
Cares come and go ; dreams fade away ; sons are lost<br />
on lonely battlefields . . .s©vexed by Nordic Meataxe .<br />
Men are broken . . .babble . . .lift their bloody genitals<br />
upon the tainted altar <strong>of</strong> the Snow Queen<br />
Her frigid, sterile smile is a tribute to the vengeance <strong>of</strong> her Caesars .<br />
V'~heru, than, is Spartacus, is Attila, is Hannibal?<br />
V+Iho thunders, now, upon those Seven Hills?<br />
They are gone . . .and . . .only you r©main!<br />
You whose j~Jomb has warmed the European hills and made the Pal© Snows tawny .<br />
Pagan Spain, sunny France, Italy and the fabled Grecian Tsles<br />
are drenched by the Sunlight <strong>of</strong> your sm ile :<br />
D~other <strong>of</strong> the V~Forld!<br />
Fecundant, Beating H©art!<br />
Enduring Earth!<br />
O nl~r you r©main .'!<br />
SUPPORT MRS . VINCENT LYNCH<br />
AND F,~MILY