MINNEAPOLIS WEEK

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Most Black men

In the U.S.A. have

An oppressor's leather boot

Applied to their necks.

 

George Floyd

Died untimely

With the knee of

Police repression on his.

 

George Floyd

Complained of

The knee's pressure restricting his oxygen.

He couldn't breathe--we couldn't breathe.

 

Derek Chauvin

Never respected the life he

Detained with his leg. His partner watched,

Took notes on how lynching's done.

 

George Floyd

Died on

A Monday.

From another's power-madness.

 

George Floyd

Was avenged on

A Thursday.

With fire.

 

Derek Chauvin

Has plenty to answer for.

One cop's career for

One defenceless Black life. A well-deserved gift from karma.

 

The only good

Cop shop existing

Is the one

Laying in ashes.

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W: 5.30.2020

[ For George Floyd--1973 - 2020. ]