Black is an Underlying Condition
The sad truth illuminated by COVID 19
Black is an underlying condition,
Didn’t know? Where have you been?
Maybe in a reality with eyes wide closed,
Now opened by COVID 19.
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Black is an underlying condition,
Good research will say it’s no lie,
That social injustice drowns our lungs,
And so we disproportionately die.
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Black is an underlying condition,
No surprise that it makes us all sick,
As good health comes with true peace of mind,
And stress is its own pandemic.
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Black is an underlying condition,
That strips white blood cells of their fight,
Legal protections by day, stricken away,
Immune systems weakened by night.
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