"I Play One on TV" (poem)

They import a new black cop
for the spokesman they will use
and still can't see they're racists
in everything they do.

If race doesn't matter
and you say it's not at all
then when you need policemen,
it shouldn't matter who you call.

But they had to find a black man
and who pays his speaking fees?
That'd be the snowflake governor,
he thought this is what they need.

He also sent the National Guard
so it's clear what he thinks.
They don't shoot rubber bullets
and they will cap him if he blinks.

The people just want freedom
from these monsters and their guns.
It's become a living nightmare
What horror will they bring next.

They mace young girls
and shoot young men
They make excuses
then they do it again
The people die
in endless grief
for no more crime
than being on the street.

It's an endless bleeding sadness
of life so far from control.
It will take a different power
to again make this world whole.

Perhaps you think religion,
but that's what you decide.
Just do whatever's needed
to turn back this deadly tide.