Poem: Jesus and the Black Body

Dedicated to Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery

L.A. Justice
AfroSapiophile
Published in
2 min readAug 27, 2023

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Photo by Tito Texidor III on Unsplash

Arms and legs of burnished bronze

Carried our sorrows

Saved us from sin

Oppressed and afflicted

Despised and rejected

Betrayed by one

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L.A. Justice
AfroSapiophile

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