13 JUNE SPASM OF ICONOCLASM

THE STATUE’S IN THE DOCK  

BRISTOL SLAVER EDWARD COLSTON MARKET TRADER WHOSE STOCK WAS HUMAN LIFE ITSELF

DROWNED OUT AT THE END OF THE SEA ROUTE THAT MADE HIS BLOODY MONEY     

EXCISE HIM FROM MEMORY  OR RECOGNISE AS MAN BEHAVING MONSTROUSLY TO OTHERS?  

WHOSE IDEAS OF  ‘RACE’  ONLY EXTERNALISE WHAT WE DESPISE ABOUT OURSELVES

PROJECTING THE BEAST IN ME ONTO FOREIGN BODIES WHO CAN’T ANSWER BACK

BECAUSE AS BLACKS THEIR VOCAL CORDS WERE CUT OUT  OR BECAUSE THEY’RE CAST IN BRONZE

IF THE DEFENDANT IS UNSPEAKABLE ALL CHARGES ARE UNANSWERABLE

HOW CONVENIENT IS THAT?            

IN DAYS LIKE THESE  HUNGER FOR WHOLENESS GROWS STRONGER 

AT THE SAME TIME  WE ALL  DESIRE A BUBBLE  OF OUR OWN    

CRAVING CREATION OF A RACE OF DEPLORABLES   MAKES US JUST LIKE THOSE  ‘OTHERS’    

THE PRIMITIVES WE WARNED OURSELVES ABOUT                  

WISHING THAT OPPOSITION TO POLICE BRUTALISM WILL NOT REPLICATE THE THOUGHT PATTERNS OF RACISM     

YOURS TRULY

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