Remember, George...
like how many times
seasons, decades, generations
we have been waiting...
left, with only scattered remains
of the dreams of survivors
of a holocaust unspoken
...kneeling in prayer asking for guidance,
waiting in silence for the verdict ...to be read...
walls of police... anticipating violence
should justice prove ...shy...
like the man whose guilt
or innocence
no longer kept his heartbeat alive
with a sliver of hope...
as he did not survive
...dead men tell no lies
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