Danyel Branch NMTCS

For Jesse Owens

For Jesse Owens

By:Lamont. B. Steptoe

Like some dark comet
You streaked across the sky of the world
Leaving nations to wonder
For generations.
Magic African shaman
Bolting from the blocks
Faster than a slave
From a hound dog
Running North to freedom.
Run so fast that Der Furher
Was in fervor
And Jack booted nazis
Couldn't believe their eyes!
Blew Deutschland's mind
Years before the allies pounded
Berlin to rubble.
Didn't they know
That your ancestors used to chase gazelle
For fun?
They say you died but naw
You just movin' so fast
They can't see you no mo'
Do dat Jesse !

posted by Danyel Branch NMTCS @ 4:38 PM