And Justice For None

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (THE REWRITE) Children hidden against a darkened sky A cup of river foaming at the mouth Poles where heated days continue to rise Pigmentation dictates shaded colours of tell tale lies Blacks on our streets under broken white lines Shadows of leaves against migrants stripped of bark Women’s rights written on sheets with naked ink Hired guns bought -streets with unrestricted laws Voices yell putrid words -controlled by foreign hands Fires rage -our Mother’s belly flat with nothing to bear Suited Men swirl about with noxious airs Walk blindly into an imaginary Sun longtime set Sink into the plastic remnants of bottles drank The dew on their skin stings like acid spilt Breathing particles drawn with charcoal pencils lit And I think to myself what a Trumped up World 08/27/2018