{"id":6732,"date":"2018-04-01T12:04:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T12:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2022-06-26T00:29:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T00:29:23","slug":"poetry-grandma-susannah-taught-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/01\/poetry-grandma-susannah-taught-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry: Grandma Susannah Taught You"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/poem\/13516917-Grandma-Susannah-Taught-You-an-Old-African-Child-s-Rhythm-Game----by-Kent-Malcom\">Grandma Susannah Taught You an Old African-Child\u2019s Rhythm Game, \u201cAunt Sally Died\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>by Kent Malcom<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAunt Sally died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201chow did she die\u201d?<br \/>\n\u201cShe died like this; with her hand in the air\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAunt Sally died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201chow did she die\u201d?<br \/>\n\u201cShe died like this; with her hand in the air and her feet on the ground\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grandma Susannah died when the county took you away.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma Susannah died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201chow did she die\u201d?<br \/>\n\u201cShe died like this; abandoned by her son\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma Susannah died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201chow did she die\u201d?<br \/>\n\u201cShe died like this; abandoned by her son and with an empty stomach\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma Susannah died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201chow did she die\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cShe died like this; abandoned by her son, with an empty stomach and a broken heart\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma Susannah died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201cand they buried her with her broken heart and her empty stomach<br \/>\n********In an unmarked grave\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma Susannah died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201cand they buried her with her broken heart and her empty stomach in an unmarked grave,<br \/>\n********In the \u2018non-White\u2019 section, with the weeds and the dust\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma Susannah died &#8211; alone\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrandma Susannah died\u201d<br \/>\n********\u201cand you saved her from death with resurrected stories, not hiding her soul,<br \/>\n********And not passing her memory into the White\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can read more of Kent Malcom&#8217;s work at the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/Kent_Malcom\">https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/Kent_Malcom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandma Susannah Taught You an Old African-Child\u2019s Rhythm Game, \u201cAunt Sally Died\u201d by Kent Malcom \u201cAunt Sally died\u201d ********\u201chow did she die\u201d? 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