There Was a Time

There was a time when the businesses

you were welcome in

were determined by the

color of your skin.

There was a time, there was a time.

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There was a time when some desperate

mother-not-ready-to-be

had to go and risk her life

in some back alley.

There was a time when certain science was

banned from the classroom,

when the old order would have preferred to keep

knowledge in a tomb.

There was a time when certain sexual preference was

treated as a disease,

when only straight lovers were free to

marry if they pleased.

There was a time when laborers worked

every day of the week

with barely time for anything else, maybe a

little food, sex and sleep.

In some regards there has been progress

made to get to today,

so let's keep moving on to create a

future in which we can say

about more things with relief, “There was a time.”