Mary Turner Mary Turner

Mary Turner, Mary Turner
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Mary Hattie Graham
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19 years old and pregnant
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Hazel Turner, Hazel Turner
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Murdered by a lynch mob
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She declares his crime a crime
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And running for her life
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She is, she is captured
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Captured at Folsom Bridge
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Gasoline and motor oil smeared on her clothes
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She is hung up by her ankles from the tree
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A match is struck and she is set ablaze
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Mary Turner, Mary Turner
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While still burning
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Mary Turner, Mary Turner
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While still alive
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Split open with a knife
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From her womb onto the ground
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Looking up the first and only light it ever sees
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The flames, the flame of its mother’s burning, burning
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Reaching out the first and only loving touch it receives
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The falling ash of its mommy’s hair on fire
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The baby, baby cried in the dirt
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Quieted, quieted by a boot’s heel
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Mother and child, mother and child
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999 more bullets from the crowd
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Mary Turner, Mary Turner
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Buried where they were murdered
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A cigar stuffed in a whiskey jug
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A whiskey jug to mark the grave
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Fuck your guns
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Fuck your war
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Fuck your truck
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Fuck your flag
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