'black lives matter'
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people are deadunknowable more are dying
im going to work each dayim angryim sleeping in each saturdayim scaredim mopping my floor each mondayim grieving strangersim daydreaming each evening
The Sum Being called N-Word How many times? Being underestimated because I am a Black womanSeveral timesSnubbed because I am BlackToo many times Ignored because I am a womanLots of timesA look of surprise and a frown when I say that my mother read
In peaceful, safe surroundings, I live my daily life, filled with hope, free from tethers, I need to love and be loved, I demand trust, which accompanies the love, with these, surely, the good life will follow.
we peacefully protest,
we stand or take a knee
"get off the field!" they say
'disrespectful' is all we'll be
they go to work,
gun strapped on tight
"blue lives matter!" they say
You unfasten the buttons on your shirt
loosen the collar
alter the sides
tie the ends into a knot
cuff your sleeves
