In lockdown we saw
public film of horror
technology showed
rerun episode
viewed and reviewed
in living and dying colour
oppression official
sergeant and corporal
racist blows
oppression knows
one more black man
knocked down
pressed upon
like prayer cushion
kneeling to Satan
another white man
on his neck
in time so long
door to eternity.
I can’t breathe.
it’s murder
Oh Lord how long
his neck, your neck, my neck.
Neck for necking, kissing
channel linking
head with brains for thinking
and someplace heart for loving
life blood from his mama
in that junction
void of humanity
thief of life
bereft of love
kneels on another neck
another time
black breath sapped
by while controlling force
casually denying life
dispensing judgement
for one time too many.
enough is enough.
undue death penalty
gross inequality
wicked left to tell the story
shortcut black to glory
unavailable here
but promised where
black lives matter.
Jadiem, Lammerweide. 8-9 June, 2020