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Promised Land

Promised Land

after Nikki Giovanni

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Thomas Kneeland, MA, MFA
Feb 14, 2025
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Promised Land
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Wind be nimble
Gust be quick
Spirit light flame
on this here candle wick,

for life be rushin 
from ev’ry which way
then death come crawlin
to snatch it away.

Baby girl wakes up with bright eyes,
from dreamin of sugar plum pies.
Made her dough from scratch
sifted flour & sugar butta & watched it rise.

watched it rise		watched it rise
watched it rise		…

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