A blue-black on black crime

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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