-WITNESS BURDEN BEARING

Sun's too bright too hard pushing me down should go somewhere

Brushes back dark straight hair unsteadily ¢ollecting sins from the passing

looking at the ground

she twists to the left on the bench claws stiffly through dirty vinyl purse lights a cigarette

Should have washed black under my nails Anxiety regret Lot of things I should do too tired Brown skin cheap clothes thin Indian Walking in the noise

between the glaring cars

the woman on the bench

I bend under her weight

why is she who

afraid scared

white fear white pity

biting at myself chewing

the limb in the trap

licking at the pain of her

who is she why

wounds sores

Magic voodoo innocent priestess vessel for white evil

her image hangs in the street shadow stinks with suffering

drive in church disinfectant

mass grave

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‘Puffs on the cigarette shaking smoke rises malevolence

| eyes radiate death vacantly

‘Savior coagulator

'.she draws white hate like pus

swelling

'.God laughs she trembles fear cramps me

crucified <tue oe

holding on to the air

the red hand across the street reaching up out of invisible blood warning of death

She watches me knows

I know she is purity

I know her unchosen burden sickness pain injury brutality white hate white fear white pity

Don Macauley

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WITNESS BURDEN BEARING {

Sun's too bright too hard pushing me down should go somewhere

Brushes back dark straight hair unsteadily

looking at the ground she twists to the left on the bench claws stiffly through dirty vinyl purse lights a cigarette

Should have washed black under my nails Anxiety regret

Lot of things I should do too tired Brown skin cheap clothes thin Indian Walking in the noise

between the glaring cars

the woman on the bench

I bend under her weight

why is she who

afraid scared

white fear white pity

biting at myself chewing

the limb in the trap

licking at the pain of her

who is she why

wounds sores

Magic voodoo innocent priestess

vessel for white evil

crucified : fi

her image hangs in the street shadow stinks with suffering

collecting sins from the passing traffic

drive in church

disinfectant

mass grave

Puffs on the cigarette shaking smoke rises malevolence

eyes radiate death vacantly

| Savior coagulator

she draws white hate like pus swelling

God laughs she trembles fear cramps me holding on to the air

the red hand across the street reaching up out of invisible blood warning of death

She watches me knows

I know she is purity

I_know her unchosen burden sickness pain injury brutality white hate white fear white pity

Don Macauley

HACKING TACKE Seat ig ACKER|

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