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MY MAHOGANY MUSE

By Bob McNeil
 
My Mahogany Muse,
    Certain males
    Try to malign and confine
    Your Sojourner Truth mind.
    However, you,
    Sun-hot with fire,
    Burn your way free.
My Mahogany Muse,
    Once hellish hands
    Exert their fervor to hurt,
    You become water
    And swan away.
My Mahogany Muse,
    Soon as injustice
    Attempts to choke us,
    You become the air
    That resuscitates with care.
My Mahogany Muse,
    You are Scripture on Sundays
    Giving the sum
    From wealth-filled wisdom.
    You are my Guidepost to Utopia
    Providing angel-glazed rays.
My Mahogany Muse,
    You prevent my descent
    Each time I near
    The Foolishness Abyss.
    Blessedness is the bridge
    You built for us to cross.



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