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(This is a found poem.

Dashes equal a beat.)

Treat racism like COVID19 -

Assume you have it!

Do not deny the symptoms -

Eradicate and kill the disease.

Not all cops are bad.

Cops that fail to intervene are just as bad.

Complicity is murder -

Who polices the police?

It has never been about

the protection of human life.

People deny the reality of what’s happening.

Peaceful attempts to protest,

are being ignored by the media

Speak for those who can’t speak for themselves.

READ!

Racism is taught and learnt.

It’s not always a violent knee to the neck.

Second class citizenship.

‘You’re my friend’.

Your silence is damaging.

Speak your truth kindly.

Spread information.

Am I next?

‘This is an overreaction’.

What are you defending right now?

Hear them out -

Ask them how they would feel,

if it were them, their family.

WE CAN’T BREATH!

Educate yourself so P.O.C don’t have to.

Sign the petitions and use your voice.

-- By Aurora Faustini