Thursday, July 2, 2020

day TWELVE HUNDRED and SIXTY TWO


if black or brown
or native skinned
your only right
is to remain silent
but lucky enough
to be white
and ignorant
and wear a red cap
while your sheets and hoods
are cleaned and pressed
you’ll go far
in your pick-up trucks
to fine public places
for fine public people
perhaps even
the capitol
where others
like you
gather
in agitated circles
to semi-automatically
masturbate

--Patrick Walters

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