All Too Familiar
A Villanelle with Imagery
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2 min readAug 29, 2020
Front and center, no longer hidden
Longitudinal study of genocide
The white man’s burden, “Death to the Black man” for it is written
The first heartbeats of a mother’s love rhythm
Blessed and venerated, with her eyes the child is beatified
Front and center, no longer hidden
“Pray unto the Lord”, His blood has been shed, He has Risen
Do they not see the religious apartheid
The white man’s burden, “Death to the Black man” for it is written
Its almost as if the police revel in pain and suffering, as if they are DRIVEN
Judge, jury, and executioner, the men in blue preside
Front and center, no longer hidden
