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I can't breathe
Yet the rope still tightens
I can't breathe
Yet a malice still looms
Like the gallows which threaten
My life, death laughs in my face
Says my name
Breonna, Eric, Michael, George,
Names forgotten or ignored
I will not equivocate, nor excuse
The life and liberty they have taken from you
Till the day comes
Where justice does not discrimina...
Wednesday 3rd June 2020 9:51 am
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