Hour 2: Ringing the Bell at Church<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Sitting in silence as the bell rings.<\/p>\n
Memories not my own.<\/p>\n
Four minutes for Floyd.<\/p>\n
Four minutes for 400 years of slavery<\/p>\n
in America.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Its echo shakes loose tears for the suffering and oppression\u2014<\/p>\n
their story and the story of my own people.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The bell rings by the hands of all the ages<\/p>\n
by the growing brown hands of my sons<\/p>\n
the Jew and Friend<\/p>\n
Christian and Witch.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It hardly seems long enough<\/p>\n
as muscles burn on the rope.<\/p>\n
Over and over and over<\/p>\n
the bell rings.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Listen<\/p>\n
Listen<\/p>\n
LISTEN<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A message too often silenced<\/p>\n
with the privilege to forget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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