I see you breathing air, I see you drinking water; I see you making choices, and I see you not being able to. I see you yearning to love, I see you being denied; I see you helplessly watching someone else being denied. I see you glutton and for that I see you being lynched. I see you work, I see you being exploited; I see you being the exploiter with no shame, with no shame. I see you fall sick, I see you die, and

He hated, she hated, they hated, we hated. We still preferred to hide. A tyrant came along, promised faster trains, the trains that would shine, the trains that would be on time. There was a condition. Thou shalt not hide thy hate. Thou shalt feel empowered. We obliged. He was lynched, she was assaulted, they were dehumanized and then an entire population was caged. We offered silence. The shiny trains.