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Poem    Shall we learn by Terry Cummings (3 ratings) Rate this Poem (5 best) 1 2 3 4 5   Shall we learn and can we know Where all the winds of history flow How they rise and where they fall If ever we can feel them all If children ask how will we speak Of those we broke and made so meek Of timid lives that shadows cloak Of those who will be never spoke Sally Hemmings turns from grace To fold the sheets and curl the lace And all we look to all around Is wanted sight and comfort sounds Blackface minstrels, troubadors Croon away the early doors The sissy coaters know the last As greased up fingers scrape the past In weavers den and statues shade In all the holes the futures made We turn away from all too fell If not full clear in not full well Sponsor ads

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