Breathe.
/"Breathe" evokes the issue of racism in the USA and particularly the choking death of George Floyd
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That small cop
Caught the ‘gentle giant’,
The coy boy
In dark garments,
Thought the gate to triumph
Passes by the show,
Selfying the missionary moment
Turned the cow boy into a vampire
A nasty nymph
That little cop
Knew not what this dark spot
Was capable to do
The harbinger of the pop
Seized the best shot
Not the first
Won’t be the last
Discriminated against, in States,
Where unity dissipates
“I can’t breathe!”
Three words have crossed borders,
Penetrated hearts before minds
Shook hands
Not sterile,
Traversed contaminated suburbs
Still wearing the surgical mask,
The words have become a rallying point
Because they were true
Now you can breathe
As the Heavenly law
Has darkened your killer’s face
Whose psychosis is infantile,
Chastened your blackened race
Not the first
Can’t be the last
Change won’t take place
Racism, for some,
Runs like poison in a snake’s tongue
Devastates cities during hurricanes
Plays the fool like a well-known clown,
Winning the election while doing much wrong,
Spreads like the Spanish flu,
Wiping out millions
Not wearing the tissue
Your color, not the counterfeit $20 bill
Is the issue
Not the first
Can’t be the last
Your sane journey to the endless breath
Knelt on
The shocking scene
Of your death.
So, breathe there, our ‘gentle giant’
It is for free
There
Is
Your wealth.
Neither the first
Nor the last
Case
The ‘Orange Julius,
Taken to the underground bunker,
Entrapped like a visible enemy
While the Black devoured
The Wild Rice
Even in a white House
‘Trumplethinskin’ was itching
To exercise his dim thumb,
Smelling the approaching downfall
Of a damned dace.
By Anissa Sboui Ben Mohamed
From: Tunisia