Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR.


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AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Brother, come! / and let us go unto our god
Last Line: And, brother, what shall you say?
Subject(s): African Americans; Brotherhood; God; Religion; Social Protest; Negroes; American Blacks; Theology


Brother, come!
And let us go unto our God.
And when we stand before Him
I shall say --
"Lord, I do not hate,
I am hated.
I scourge no one,
I am scourged.
I covet no lands,
My lands are coveted.
I mock no peoples,
My people are mocked."
And, brother, what shall you say?






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