Every year there are
Untold more of us
An Amadou Diallo, Botham Jean,
Eric Garner, Tamir Rice or me
Then a loud clamor
Our broken faces on TV
We ask so many questions
That no one’s forced to answer
With sympathy’s short half-life
Most just wait for the noise to stop
So the questions
Can disappear once again
Just like us
In our lives
And our deaths
© Gayle Force Press 2019
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