The Weight of a Nation Pressed Against Your Neck
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
Written May 26, 2020