Wednesday, December 15, 2021

A Room of My Own: George Floyd Square Haiku

reading between the lives and writing between the lines, IV

George Floyd Square
a white man shoots a black teen
with his finger pistol 

Note: This haiku is a sequel to the following one:

written one day after the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death

passing the shadow
of the George Floyd mural wall
white cops on the beat



Addedreading between the lives and writing between the lines, V

a crescent moon
over the West Bank Wall
a scream cut off

1 comment:

  1. My haiku could be read as follows:

    George Floyd Square
    a "white man shoots" a black teen
    "with his finger pistol"

    or

    George Floyd Square
    a white man shoots [with live ammo.] a "black teen
    with his finger pistol"

    The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same

    -- French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

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