The
protests continue across a nation expressing its outrage and alarm
That
at the hands of the police under rule of law a cuffed black man could meet
deadly harm
In
towns large and small, large numbers of blacks and whites
Marched
with voices and signs that killing George Floyd was not right
In
the first days and night riots broke out with arson and looting
Perhaps
spurred on by the lure of stolen goods with Antifa’s blessings and rootings
Police
injured, run over, and shot
Small
businesses emerging from shutdown seeing their dreams go for naught
National
Guard troops called out in the Swamp, a federal armed camp
For
days despite starting out peacefully ending with up the riot ramp
Curfew
after curfew and finally police moving in to arrest
Finally
the riot portion started to decrease in the wave of protests
Peaceful
protests over his death may be in race relations a watershed
Finally,
as Americans not just black or white we can move discussions on solutions ahead
Even
maybe discussing the issue of too many blacks out of wedlock born
With
way too many fathers from their children growing up shorn
Maybe
the fact that in the cities’ killing shooting zones
It
is color on color shootings where the Grim Reaper roams
George
Floyd may have been no saint
A
criminal record to his past somewhat taint
But
hopefully he will be remembered as a martyr
In
the future to make police deadly brutality far more harder
If
that is the case as much as we mourn his death will not be in vain
If
not our chances of racially equality will be again by riots flushed down the
drain
© June 7,
2020 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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