For George Floyd
It's so much easier this way,
isn't it officer?
No need to find a rope,
a stool
a tree with just the right branch.
No need to buy gasoline to
burn the body afterwards.
That was all so 20th century.
Now, all you need is handcuffs,
a state-issued badge,
a knee, and the
weight of 400 years on a
black neck.
Yes, this is so much more civilized.
Susan Newell
Witness for Peace
