A Knee On Your Neck

George Floyd, this is for you

My words, my time, my tears.

You paid the price as others have,
For nothing but your armor of Black.

derek chauvin, you are not worth my words
not worth my time, not worth my tears.
you are vile, not worth the living,
but a hell far worse than a knee on your neck.

Nine minutes, twenty-nine, I learned today,
He kept that knee upon your neck,
His face aglow, a conquest he made,
You gurgled your last breath, with that knee on your neck

Twenty-seven times you cried out, "I can't breathe."
"Mama" you cried, as you made your way up to her.
Messages of love you sent to your children.
You called him "sir," the one with a knee on your neck.

Blamed you for your own death,
Big Black man, always a threat.
Your heart gave out, said it was the drugs.
Would you have died, but for that knee on your neck?

Blamed the crowd, called them an angry mob,
Who tried to protect you with cameras and words.
Called the police on the police, one called him a bum.
What bravery they showed, but he kept that knee on your neck.

Baby girl said you changed the world, and you did.
But, we'll have to watch, wait and see the court case,
Will there be justice against the murderer in blue?
This time, we pray, there may be a change.

The Year That Was

Against my protestation, I got the vaccine and actually received the second dose today, March 15th, the anniversary of the day COVID entered my life.  As my anniversary loomed and with memories resurfacing, I acknowledged to myself that I was afraid of getting COVID again, so I chose the lesser of the two evils.  We all know that Evil and COVID are one and the same, however  referring to the vaccine as evil would have some taking umbrage.  I stand by evil, because:  1.  They don't know.  Who are they you ask.  They are any and everyone who has anything to do with the vaccine - scientist, FDA, CDC, doctors, lawyers, government.  2.  I am a test subject, even if unwillingly willing.  3.  I am an unpaid, uncompensated test subject.  4.  Who knows what the final results will be.

This has been some kind of a year.  COVID, Pandemic, Shut Down, Mask Wearing, Over 500,000 dead, Post-COVID, George Floyd, Election, Insurrection, Vaccine. 

This is unfinished.....