My neighbor wanted his five year-old to understand
why so many people,
including himself,
were demonstrating
for George Floyd.
After explaining
what had happened,
he took his son
to a demonstration
near downtown Atlanta.
When his son saw the crowd
he said,
“All these people
think people should be kind.
Cool.”
He gets it.
Why do so many others,
including the president,
find it so hard to understand?
Wayne Scheer has been nominated for five Pushcart Prizes and two Best of the Net. He's published numerous stories, poems and essays in print and online, including Revealing Moments, a collection of flash stories. His short story “Zen and the Art of House Painting” has been made into a short film.
