people don’t
have to ask why
we fear
the police
any
more.
five brazen blue-black brothers
beat
down
another black mother's sun
beyond senseless to another same old American
death.
could have been
one
of them caught
on the wrong side of
their "protect and serve"
blue line.
demented white supremacy in
black
face.
black self-loathing
showing out in brute-badge
blue-black on black crime.
Tyre Nichols
(1993-2023)
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