The War on Black Bodies
The perception of black bodies in everyday spaces
The Black Body Is a Threat
Roebuck, Birmingham, Alabama
witness a black off-duty cop
masquerading as
Walmart security
sweep a black woman off her feet
slam her face into —
sweet concrete —
Why? — Concerned Citizen, dare you ask?
She had not bothered to don a mask
to protect against the spread of disease
in the era of COVID-19
A move the state government did not legislate
though time and again they condone black fate
Ah dear reader, worry not
this is neither a new nor
unusual plot
mere echoes of the black beating disease
which shows no sign of abating
so cease your pleas
The Black Body Is a Threat
A similar scenario happened a week before
except that time it was on northern shore
New York City to be exact
with a black bystander knocked off his feet
gun in his side cop boot in his back
