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Particles of Colony
Rusted iron bands.
China teapot atomised.
Shackled electrons.
China teapot atomised.
Shackled electrons.
Published 12th Aug 2023
Author's Note
The art piece pictured and to which this poem is a response is called “God Save Us”, made in reply to the shooting of a Black man, Mark Duggan, by London police in 2011.
I’m not sure how “on” it is for a white person such as myself to “respond” to this piece, but I thought that I’d be pretty safe with a haiku.
I’m not sure how “on” it is for a white person such as myself to “respond” to this piece, but I thought that I’d be pretty safe with a haiku.
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12th Aug 2023 10:45pm
All this black/white/gay/straight/woman/man grates my nerves at times because we all run red. We all know pain. It's the very labels that separate us, although I would be ignorant to not acknowledge the importance of their existence in regard to injustice. Which, as I have witnessed and experienced first hand, does exist.
But still, that we feel we need a disclaimer to post our feelings about prejudice because of what we aren't is saddening at times. Because what we ALL are is human.
But still, that we feel we need a disclaimer to post our feelings about prejudice because of what we aren't is saddening at times. Because what we ALL are is human.
