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.”