dehumanize
strip them of namesfacesvoices
of personhood
this
is
tactical hatred
another “black”
choked
gunned down
strung up
those “blacks” have
namesfacesvoices
that don’t all sound and look alike.
asshole.
give the dead back
their
namesfacesvoices
George Floyd
Ahmaud Arbery
Freddie Gray
Philando Castile
Trayvon Martin
Eric Garner
give the living
their namesfacesvoices
disbelieving
shouts and sobs
angrysadhurtdestroyed
betrayed
rioting – can you hardly blame them?
do you know their names?
do you know their faces?
do you know their voices?
I don’t
not nearly as much as I should
as We should
we can do better
and it starts with
namesfacesvoices
