Intentional Misunderstandings



Beneath the obvious rules of play
equalization conduct responses led astray
decisive appearance track record
qualifications under and overly ignored
degree in hand color of skin
your own personal bigotry hidden within
injustices multicultural country free
prejudices preventing a colorful presidency
illusions and delusions school of elementary
dreams of an American citizen in youth
political complications silver tongue truth
the world lives within our own mental states
present day scorn of mixed marriage mates
separation back of the bus past
colorful man driving white passenger contrast
ignorance ill educated collective beliefs
bettering oneself or taken care of by chiefs
understanding and discrimination demanding
history speaks of future untouched roads
discernment in perfectly braking those codes

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Submitted by Soul-to-song on June 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDDEEFFGGHHIJJ
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 808
Words 115
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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