including the truth and terror of it all
our hands heavy with regret tremble
tambourine a sound that hurts our ears
we are listening for a change that never
seems to arrive our feet to busy running
in circles we are dizzy with media spin
false truths dressed in a blue the color of bullets
most days the privilege is so loud
it drowns out everything darker
than the weight of white causes our
teeth to hurt from all the artificial
we wear the noise around our necks
boots with traction hold us in place
threats of protection shake us from our skin
and the noise of it all leaves us deaf and staggering
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