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Fishes and Loaves

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d In Bel oved, the once-enslaved [M(ark) this, Cain] Lived at 124 Bluestone Road Where the fishes once multiplied Along with the loaves. We could have fed 60 million or more With the excess that we had. Those in its presence hummed discontent Is it 1 x 2 = 4 Then 4 x 2 = 8, Or is it 1 x 2 = 4 Then 4 x 4 = 16? In America, 388,000 enslaved people Survived the middle passage Coming to this country. In 1860 The slave population numbered 3,953,760. The first enslaved people Were divided and multiplied Like fishes and loaves To feed the hungry and greedy. Generational Slavery Will become eternal slavery When they have their way. This excess Not divided by Him but by her: 124 1 - 2 - - 4          4 - - - - - - 8                   8--------------16                                         16------------------------------32                                                                                     32--------------------------------------------------