The Weight of a Nation Pressed Against Your Neck (For George Floyd)

An entitled white man’s knee,

under an unrestrained

and unpunished badge of law,

pushing maliciously 

against a black man’s neck,

making him beg unsuccessfully

for the right to his own life

until his final breath is squashed

is a most fitting 

metaphor for the 

history of our country

and I wish it were

only history

and I wish it were

only metaphor

26 May 2020

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