I nominate 'Strange Fruit' to be
The best poem of the 20th century
Or at least the most universal
Who knew the Statue of Liberty
Could sing in the voice of Billie Holiday
I see her traipsing around the world
Visiting every country
People flocking to hear her sing
How she calls them out
The malicious the incompetence
Buried in each of us
Liberty's broken heart
Broken to be mended
Stitch by stitch by love
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