Hashtag painted out in gold
On black tarmac, silent, bold
How fitting that this text should be
WASP-like in Washington D.C.
#BlackLivesMatter is writ large
Three simple words - a power charge
Man's inhumanity to Man ...
Tumult sparked on every hand.
In the Declaration it is stated
Equal are all men created;
And yet, as widespead riots prove,
The U.S. seethes in ugly mood...
Not since unrest in Sixty-Eight*
Has violence so disturbed the State
Not just for George Floyd do we mourn
But for civil rights forsworn ...
(c) Poet in the woods 2020
*Post shooting of Martin Luther King
Brilliant and so inspirational, you are really gifted.
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