The Black Side of You: br The White Man’s dance of br Southern Death: br br Improvisation 02 27 2011 br Original [06 05 1811] 02 26 2011 br (For Black History Month,2011) br br br Two hundred rebellious slaves br Freed themselves and formed br A company of soldiers –half on br Foot and half on horseback they br Set off attacking white former br Plantation slave holders north br To the south of Carolina coast br They moved in orderly stealth br Bearing well assumed -rarely br Observed in more accomplished br Units of conscripted European br Armies experienced in killing br They fought with military precision br Overcoming small groups of twenty br To thirty well armed White settlers br Along the way –leaving the dead br In swamps where once they had br Fled searching other fruits of freedom br Now marching from each encounter br They had success enough to grow br And carry on attacks in greater br Strength -stronger than Fleeing br From lashes and rapes that left br Black bodies bleeding and the br Flesh opened to accounted pain br In the numbering of their members br There rode and walked -a few of br Them –the quadroon there among br Us to celebrate though they could br Not dance the Mo-Town dance br For fathers left in the swamps br Among many of them was theirs br So they danced in ways that br Rhythm obeys –the white br Man’s dance of southern death. br br br br Lee Mack copyright 2009. ISBN # 0615318347. Do not reproduce without permissions. br br br br br br br br br br br br The Black Side of You: br The White Man’s dance of br Southern Death: br br (For Black History Month 2011) br br Original 02 26 2011 br By Lee Mackbr br Lee B.