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This is something I wrote for another purpose a few days before Obama became president . I’ve tweaked it slightly just to make it self-contained so it can be read as a stand alone article. I was going to write a new article now Obama has won but decided not to. All I’ll write [...]

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There’s something in the air
On Obama day.
Something shifted in the ether
between I and I, you and me.

There’s something in the air today
here in the UK,
as across the globe
Black folk exchange glances with new scopes
Audacious hope
They now hold,
feeling bold.

There’s something,
New self-love?
Shared knowing?
New Pride is tangible for sure.
Maybe Love for their new white sisters and brothers,
emanates from [...]

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