Bloodshed

Bloodshed for “Freedom”

Inspired by Melania Trump’s 2020 RNC Speech

You say:

He had been waiting for a heart for a very long time,

This lucky, sick boy.

When, finally,

One was donated to him.

We think:

He was on his way to his first piano recital,

This doomed, excited boy.

When, suddenly,

All that was left were organs.  

You shout:

She thought the man nearby had a knife,

This anxious, white woman.

But, thankfully,

There were cops nearby.

We scream:

He was running some errands for his family,

This faithful, black man.

But, predictably,

He never made it home.