{"id":385,"date":"2016-05-05T16:39:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T21:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/mosaic\/?p=385"},"modified":"2016-05-05T16:39:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T21:39:38","slug":"remnants-of-slug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/mosaic\/2016\/05\/05\/remnants-of-slug\/","title":{"rendered":"Remnants of Slug"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Vondavious Breaux<\/em><\/p>\n

Bound by blood and shackles,
\nAbandoned by hope, the fear of unknowing.
\nMy physique stings from the engraved lashes.
\nI have been deprived and brought to a land unfamiliar.<\/p>\n

It seems Shango cries alongside me;
\nHis spirit dances on the coast, thundering.
\nEach boom resonates, a drum.
\nHis ballad calls out to me<\/p>\n

Son of roots and dirt, you no longer remain near the edges
\nOf your homeland.<\/p>\n

A tool is what I have become, a worthless tool
\nTo these beasts who give no profit.
\nThese men of flesh demand obedience;
\nDay after day constant beatings relentlessly
\nEliminate any contemplations of escape.
\nI see men of my kin become submissive,
\nLicking the boots of our captors.
\nHatred resides within my fragmented heart;
\nThe intent to kill weighs heavily. <\/p>\n

I vow vengeance;
\nMy spear is not yet dull.
\nI will bide my time;
\nI cannot stand alone. <\/p>\n

Spirits of Africa, I pray for your heroism.
\nMay my pleas be answered and you select me
\nTo rectify redemption. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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