Paul and Lidia Marino
Paul and Lydia were ambushed
while paying respect to their son.
Even a place of final rest isn't safe anymore.
The killer was BLACK, the elderly couple were WHITE.
That's why it moved at the speed of light...
to the back of the news breadline.
BLACK on WHITE crime just doesn't sell as well,
as a WHITE knee crushing a BLACK neck does).
Ratings won't pop like it does for a poor BLACK man
being tapped out by a rogue WHITE cop.
With that you get the added ratings boost
once the rioting and looting starts.
After all isn't it a real hoot
watching a city burn and gutted.
Paul and Lidia couldn't breathe either.
Where is the outrage?
Where are the civil rights activist?
Where are those two rabid reverends?
Why do we not ever call BLACK on WHITE crime
a hate crime?
Nobody is taking banners to the streets
for Paul and Lidia.
Nobody is breathing for them.
Somebody must breathe for them.
Toss kindling atop this stack of complacency.
In honor of Paul and Lidia
(since it won't be the media)
it may as well be me... a nobody.
Rest in peace Paul and Lidia Marino,
killed by a Black racist in a veterans cemetery.
Copyright © Anthony Biaanco | Year Posted 2020
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