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| At Freddie Gray's funeral. Image source: CNN |
Raw naked truth of
Cell phone videos,
Funeral, funeral,
Police brutality: The
Police murders: The
Play of unjust death,
Rioting in the streets: The
Wrath of young black thugs
Raining down, in reckless disregard,
For authority: The
RapidRingingRagingGunfire: The
Collapsing broken
Bodies: The
News ritual: The
Speed of the internet: The
Red of blood,
Pain cries
At: The resiliency
Of Prejudice,
CHANGE: The
Way things are: The
Way things have always been: The
Way things might otherwise be?
Gil Hoy is a regular contributor to The New Verse News. He is a Boston trial lawyer and studied poetry at Boston University, majoring in philosophy. Gil started writing his own poetry and fiction a year ago. Since then, his poems and fiction have been published in multiple journals, most recently in Third Wednesday, Stepping Stones Magazine, The Potomac and The Zodiac Review.
