Know your history:
Thomas Jefferson
invented the modern plow
along with the United States
A social man,
a friend to Freedom.
He kept his slaves
secreted behind doors
designed, by him, to pivot
with barely a whisper:
empty walnut shelves
suddenly filled with wine,
sweetmeats, cheeses
as though by magic. The brown arms,
hands and minds enabling
this chicanery
walking from slave quarters
to kitchens in head-high trenches
Jefferson himself designed to hide his niggers
And as Enoch in the Bible
He lay with his slaves
adding slightly to the list of begats
Public opinion never wavered
in the face of Jeffersonian genius
then and now
the world is made of money
Great writing Josh and so true. Double standards have been with us throughout the centuries it seems
Excellent writing, Josh.