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All Lives Matter

All Lives Matter
By Valerie Odom
June 17, 2017

How can All Lives Matter when your 
are bombing kids in the Middle East?
How can All Lives Matter when you 
are killing black people as you please?
How can All Lives Matter when you 
are taking away gay people's rights?
How can All Lives Matters when trans 
people still have to fight?

All Lives Mattered until you called 
that Muslim woman a terrorist
All Lives Mattered until you lynched 
that black man in your backyard sis
All Lives Mattered until you made fun 
of slavery, genocide, the Holocaust
All Lives Mattered until you watched 
that girl kill herself and have her dead 
body be tossed

When you say All Lives Matter you mean 
the whites ones mainly
You think your race is more superior but 
we were all created equally
So next time when you say All Lives Matter 
make sure you include everyone else
Because All means All not just you stop 
thinking about yourself

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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