10 to 6…

clock’s been locked
in that position for years
thought about rewinding it again
but it always stops at the same spot
like the history of racial freedom

steady as a rock…

all those marches
for folks murdered by police
can’t sway the scales of justice
the fulcrum’s rusted
nothing can move it

 

 

evolution stopped…

cave drawings
of war and violence
centuries have passed
yet today’s images
are the same

service availability…

for your current location
requested service is unavailable
note this is an inherited amenity
as such nothing will provide
your freedom

 

 

public debate…

another death
of no real concern
for those not dying
mere speaking points
that are easily erased

 

 

matryoshka…

they are exactly the same
but come in different sizes
so resonate differently
with forced vibration
from voters

 

 

freedoms flaws…

believes they care
but they don’t
believes they’ll change
but they won’t
beliefs that blind

 

republican voter suppression…

shadows of yesterday
lingering behind closed eyes
muted moments of life
held in fear‘s bondage
to make freedom unobtainable

cartels..

drug lords and politicos
selling dreams by the gram
to anyone paying the price
personal profits first
other’s deaths the cost of doing business

 

dark transfiguration…

once those nailed to a cross
stand upon solid ground
and have the nails removed
they grasp hammers and spikes
placing others on their crosses