stars have dimmed once vibrant colors symbolizing freedom and justice have faded bleached by the glare of ignorance and complacency
to corrupt power turning this nation into a whiter shade of pale
you demanded that i stand for the flag while insisting i should fall at your feet whenever you offer some morsel of freedom but it was my family that paid in blood for the wealth of this nation we have been enslaved beaten degraded and murdered for centuries without cessation of violence against us for all of those years and yet you pretend to be offended when anyone questions why gratitude should be shown for a history of barbarism
the sight of blood flowing on the streets may engender no feelings from you since it’s not your blood but rest assured these troubled times may soon see your blood mingled with black blood and your flesh detoured by wall street vultures
or cannibalized by good christian folks who have a history of offering their god to slaves immigrants and native americans along with blankets and linens contaminated with smallpox it would seem things have not changed but now it’s an offering of covid-19 from the white house