I need a reprieve.
The world is illness and violence.
I can’t breathe.
The news is full of dead received.
Test sites are stop-and-frisk with medical science.
I need a reprieve.
Prisons need to be relieved,
but Governors refuse to get in compliance.
I can’t breathe.
Police have found new places for their knees,
Storming ghettos like military giants.
I need a reprieve.
Rallies and gatherings where more cases retrieved
Because masks are ignored in defiance.
I can’t breathe.
Systemic racism and police brutality never believed,
even when filmed on a smartphone appliance.
I need a reprieve.
I can’t breathe.