an estimated 50 million taken
an estimated 13 million didn’t make it
an estimated thousand in a 200 capacity fort forged basement
and every soul locked in place with chains and tears drowning their faces
crying on each other
urinating on each other
defecating on each other
because they could not move, and all they had, was each other
designated to manifests of a boat religiously pardoned,
onto an unknown land
human cargo, the name “Adam and Eve”
to the first boarded woman and man
an estimated 90 days at sea-disease death rape cannibalism
and murder, unwritten parts of the plan
shackled bodies stacked like sardines in a can
those whom died
thrown off over the side
taken by the tide
or the jaws of sharks swimming nearby
an estimated 37 million auctioned on blocks
an estimated 37 million became a new-world’s first exchange of stocks
an estimated 37 million became a new world’s crop, farming crops
an estimated 37 million in a new world’s history forgot
and today “black lives matter” is all we got
in reality,
the best indicator of future actions, if I’m asked
are the historical actions of the past
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