Breaking Free  

By Lynn Ockersz

For 74 years in slavery suffered he,

But he didn’t quite know it,

Because their words were so syrupy,

And he was told to make do with crumbs,

That fell off their luxury food tables,

But there’s been this rude awakening,

Brought about by the stomach’s agony,

And a famine that’s ominously looming,

That’s made him see through things,

And realize that the fruits of his labour,

Have only enriched Fat Cats of standing,

While leaving him with measly earnings,

And what’s liberating about this revelation,

Is that it has freed him from servile thinking,

And taught him that before power,

He cannot ever go down on his knees,

Since humans are born equal in dignity.