Black in Blue

LEWIS MILES, JUNE 21, 1865

 

The war between

the South and the North

is over.

The Union soldiers

who march through our town

have skin as dark as Dave’s.

The sooner we sign

the oath of loyalty

to the Union,

the sooner these black soldiers

in the blue uniforms

of the North

will go back

to where they came from

and leave us to rebuild

our lives.