Burn. (Inkwell Black)
Burn.
The nation is burning.
Long before George
and Breonna
before Atatiana,
Mike and Philando
before Yusef’s 16-year-old black body
was found bloodied
bullet-ridden
in Bensonhurst
before crack rocks cooked
in sooty pipes
over high flames
before Bushwick’s Broadway burned in 77
We have blazed.
Do you know the anatomy of a fire?
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