A marionette dances to an old tune.
The umbrella man dresses all in black.
The umbrella man dresses all in black.
South Minneapolis ablaze beneath half a moon.
Malcolm X floats on a cloud of tear gas,
the fumes drift.
The horses turn back.
A knee to the neck and the heart
of the country stops.
George Floyd killed by a cop.
A protester chants into a megaphone.
The Third Police Precinct on Lake Street
is overrun.
The Third Police Precinct on Lake Street
is overrun.
The furies descend.
The barricades have been breached.
Windows have been smashed.
The mannequins in L.A. are on fire.
The hymn books burn in the upper room
of the church choir.
of the church choir.
