Anil Deo Poet Epitaph

George Floyd

I
I tried not to mention the crime
Siblings, it is high time
America stopped self-flagellation,
Self-hate, self-abnegation

II
I feel for him, brother George ("of the earth")
I came close, but saved by a different birth
To feel the accusing eyes: "Me, the evil one"
Only because I stayed in school, joined the run

III
Black America wants to drive, play ... like us
Tired of fighting for a seat, decades after Rosa Parks
George Floyd is a hero for having lived BLACK
A remnant yells, "Deport the upstarts. Send 'em back"

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Harry Horsman June 2, 2020 at 11:25 PM Poetry with strength, Anil, senseless thuggery needs to be eradicated. Anil Deo June 4, 2020 at 2:27 AM Thanks a mil, Sir Harry. shalom shalOm

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 2, 2020 at 4:19 PM In my own city, my little city, in 2016, Abdirahman Abdi was beaten to death by a police officer wearing assault gloves. I know better than to think it is solely an American problem. Police oversight is now tracking the statistics on racial profiling, and I am happy to say our new police chief is black. Will moves us forward. xomo Anil Deo June 4, 2020 at 2:28 AM Thanks a Mil, my beloved Sister in the Universe, Maureen McGreavy (the OM for Mo in ShalOM). anil