Tuesday, October 9, 2018

How long

How Long                                     10/9/2018


It is not accident
And it is no
Misunderstand
All the murder
And all the hate. 

It’s not about
The wrong place
At the wrong time
But rather the hated
Anywhere alive. 

It’s not about money
Even though
Bodies are robbed
Nothing but an afterthought.
Predatory and cruel. 

The truth squelched
And the names forgotten
The juries undecided
Deadlocked or worse. 

Their lives snuffed out
And the guilty excused
But none of it
By accident
Of that you ought to know.      

Let it all come out
And let it all rain down
The unadulterated truth
Bigger than the world. 

No more excuses
And no more blame
All done in the dark
Exposed in the light. 

Every single manipulation
And every single slant
The hidden and forgotten
Written in the sky. 

Let not a moment be lost
Nor crime be hidden
The whole truth
All the way back. 

Unleash the lightning
Long held in hand
Destroying all
Unacknowledged hatred
And unacknowledged death. 

By fist and by hammer
By hands or by a knife
The hand that pulls the trigger
Hidden in the dark. 

Treason and terror
Betrayal and deceit
The first of many
Murdered in the street. 

No words are needed
Because now we understand
All who can see
And all who hear. 

For only the truly lost
Would cling to the lie
Long ago dead
And long ago blind. 

Twice condemned
Weighed and measured
The names struck out
And forever
Forgotten. 

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