Friday, June 12, 2020

day TWELVE HUNDRED and FORTY TWO

of every black child

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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