Rage rises
tongues of flame
sear bones, sinew and muscle
wrapped in brown skin
limbs writhe against batons
lips swell with beatings
eyes bleed, jaw cracks
wrapped in brown skin
shackled. starved. raped.
gouged. hunted. choked.
lynched. poked. injected.
stripped. drowned. expelled.
trampled. airbrushed. kneed.
medicated. gassed. gunned
down
down
down
years of white knuckles and heels
kick up dust clouds
in cotton fields, ghettos, tower blocks
brown skin burns,
turns flesh to dust dust dust
fills nostrils, clogs windpipes
Until
I can’t breathe
By: Revd Dr Catherine Okoronkwo
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