Nonwhite
vestiges
of heaven's fine brew
fate are magical items
that grow like flowers over tiny
ayes in painting spells that happen
repeatedly or that
include
a sudden on-
set of
yearly belov-
ed small
snippethood.
My youngest
of three AfricanAmerican adopted sons
has profound nonwhite
nonstraight
nonverbal cerebral palsy.
Profound
in at least not being privileged
or victimized
by internal LeftBrain dominance,
violent micro-aggressions,
zero-sum competitive thinking
Either positively True and Good
or negatively False and Bad,
laughable
or humorless
Sacred indigenous consciousness
feels more Right-Elder brainstem
bodymind nondualistic synergy
friendly energy
which is my son's political blessing
and his capital secularizing
segregating
colonizing
economic disabled curse.
Youngest son communes
with music
more fluidly co-empathic
than linguistic communications
He touches
and sings
and chants
through echoing shouts
and exclamatory barks,
short nonphonetic phrases,
lip smacking,
and belly laughs.
When he cries,
which is seldom,
he cries silently
No vocal cords
Profound inhaling wet gasps
and exhaling sad sacred shakes.
He laughs unconditionally
from his root chakra
warm unguarded soul
and bicamerally cries
from his buddha
co-empathic eyes.
Another bloody weekend in Chicago
104 shot, 14 fatally
You know all about George Floyd
But those 118 tragedies? -- null & void
Every one shot a person of color
Every shooter a nonwhite
Where was Jesse Jackson's* loud voice *social justice warrior
Father Michael Pfleger?* -- absent from sight
David Brown** spoke up **Chicago Supt. of Police
He wants violent criminals
To serve longer prison minimals
How's that gonna play today
A 13 year-old-girl killed in a random drive-by
Two hours later a 3-year-old boy fatally shot
No pleas for justice raised, however
No shouts of systemic racist plots
Another deadly weekend in Chicago
Neighborhoods cowering in horror
Where was the outrage
Where were the alderman and Mayor
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