The Day After The Day After The One Year Anniversary Of George Floyd’s Death After That Day…

REJOICE in the SUNLIGHT!
DANCE in the RAIN!
BE APPRECIATIVE FOR
WHAT YOU HAVE GAINED.

A rabid Soul
Tortured & Sickly,
STRIKES OUT
And can change human lives
Into victims so quickly.

How many mass shootings
Since Columbine?
Who do victims & perpetrators
Belong to? Are they
Yours or are they Mine?

How many brutal racist slayings
Since Emmett Till?
Are we born to kill &
Taught to LOVE?
OR ARE WE BORN TO LOVE
& TAUGHT TO KILL?

Are we born greedy
And taught to share?
Are we born thoughtless
And taught to care?

The Philosophers,
The Preachers,
The Politicians,
The Commentators &
The Teachers do not
Have a clue.
They do not know what to do.

Democracy in bed with Slavery!
Hegemony in bed with Democracy!
Democracy in bed with Hypocrisy!
The Doomsday Clock is ticking
REVELATIONS is Predicting.
The Empire will expire.

“O My LORD!
The World saw what we did
To GEORGE FLOYD.

O My LORD!
The World saw what we did
To GEORGE FLOYD.

Sometimes it causes me
to tremble, tremble, tremble.
O My LORD!
The World saw what we did
To GEORGE FLOYD.”

“Don’t have to watch
The News
‘Cause I was born with
The Blues.

No matter which
way I go
I run into Jim Crow.
Yes! Yes! Yes!”

– Linda Goss
Copyright c 2021 by Linda Goss

Stay tuned to hear Mama Linda read this poem in her Chapbook Series in June 2021!

Author: The Peale

The Peale is based in the first museum to be purpose-built in the United States, designed by architect Robert Cary Long Sr. and opened by artist Rembrandt Peale in 1814. It is a building of many firsts, and today in the creative spirit of its founder is relaunching as an innovative Center to celebrate the unique history of Baltimore, its people and their buildings through the authentic stories of the City. Currently under renovation, the Peale is open for occasional hardhat tours, and all of its programs are available online with live captioning and ASL interpretation.