Breathing is so Loud
Breathing is so loud
For us
And the inhale so soft
On the 7th I stopped trying to keep myself warm
Just cold feet in a big bed in a big house alone
Like being in a casket or a castle; either one could be a home
Blue flashing lights to take your life
Be a traitor and they don’t even bite
Like a good dog trained bad
Good is the grief, can’t even be mad
Just numb
Turn off the lights and turn off the sun
Just numb
Pluto ruling the tide of death and resurrection
We got a capital full of insurrection
What is born of this
Because something has died
Something big, fat, and stinky
Takes up a whole continent and finally has died
Boldly taking up space without regard
Warring and raging just like Mars
Because something died
You must be so white that you have forgotten you have a face
You must be so white that you have forgotten you have fingerprints
You must be so white that you have forgotten you wear a skin
You must be so white that you have forgotten you
Just like a ghost forgotten.
Just like a ghost dead.
You are so white you forgot you are a criminal too.
Next time the cops ask who, don’t forget January 6th, 2021
Don’t forget what they do.