his knee was on the neck
of every black child
watching this on
television
every tear that ran down
every mother's face was
the knowledge that shit
never changes in this
country
every protest, every sit in
every building that burns
the powers that be simply
presses down a little harder
in their response
they don't get paid to listen,
to calm, to see that justice
is served
their money is made
in oppression and
appropriation
and you wonder why every
ghetto is full of churches
and liquor stores
why the suburbs have
the good grocery stores
why the rich kids get to
go to the good schools
slavery still exists
they just like to call it
something else these days
--J.J. Campbell
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