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#vss365 Dont ignore the silent calls Excerpts of ghosts screaming Lined up in trees along the road Tragedies from centuries of scheming All the men in hooded robes Coroners who sign off, deceiving Court rules suicide in every case As strange fruit hang in #delta lynchings #poem #poet #poetry

12/10/26, 3:52 pm4 reposts15 likes

Mollie Grace

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Powerful

scmom2jrjr.bsky.social

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History is sad This is really good

Synchropation

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The word prompt delta brought me to this poem immediately because its the here and now. theres literally been 10 black people found in trees in 2026 across the country including those in Missisippi like Trey Reed and Cory Zukatis. Black people do not hang themselves in trees.