Allegiance to what?
I pledge allegiance
but not to a flag
for i have a grievance
and i don’t care if i nag
where do i start?
a lynching in the street?
families torn apart,
by unnecessary violence they meet
knee on his throat, “i can’t breathe.”
the melanated man was pleading.
leaving the pacifists to seethe,
about another Black man bleeding
systematic elimination
of minority people, is routine
in a christian nation.
Regardless if it’s elder, baby, or teen.
But what gives them the right?
I’m awake and ready to fight.