Lay in beds of murder
Wake up to petition
Choose your indulgence
Hashtags for breakfast
Fruit of my men for lunch
Skin of my women for dinner
Costume in my culture
Stuff bags with BLM shirts
Tie Kente Cloth as luggage tags
Discard the signs
Download the drum circle
Replay on the plane home
Airdrop photos
Facebook the album
Name it BLM
Insta the protest
Tweet the change
Put the luggage in the closet
Close the doors
Sit in silence
stare at beige and mauve walls
Open laptop
Plan next year’s trip
**alternate ending**
White girl gets a taste
A brutality snack
Baton strikes on her hips
Goes home to Go Live
Tells the world
how she
stood up for justice as she,
vacations in my misery
Has option to stay home in her safety
I question if she is genuine
or glamorizes the grief
Cuz It’s sexy to bleed on camera Seductive to watch Black flesh melt Orgasmic to choke a man
Climax to a woman’s war cry
What a freedom it is
to take tour
of a lifestyle
Play journalist
Suffer a warning
And leave to talk about it