George Of The Constitution.....and Floyd

I tell you of George,
one,
a General and Geologist,
the other,
a Governor and Grand-Counsel,
the third,
A Black,
who by his dying breathe,
with a Knee,
pressed hard,
on his neck,
was a property,
succumbing to,
his Master's will,
the Master,
an outcome of the,
Constitution,
upon which the other,
Georges,
put,
their hands,
as,
appendages,
one,
adamant,
the other,
a protestant,
'Constitution lean enough,
saber-thin and sharp,
joins all in bands,'
said one,
'needs a handle and sheath,
bare it is dangerous,
in the wrong hands,'
rebutted the other,
'slaves have rights,
freedom topmost,'
the protestant corrects,
'slaves are property,
masters' rights topmost,'
answered the other,
still they remained friends,
One became the President,
the other a Confidant,
the Black George,
however,
was de-humanised,
objectified,
disenfranchised,
patented,
from cradle to death,
destined to,
be silenced,
muted,
and in a moment,
of subjugation,
an extension of the,
Master,
the police officer,
had his knee,
on the neck,
of Black George,
for 8 minutes and 46 seconds,
with the last breathe,
the muted George,
gasped,
"I can't breathe,"
the Constitution,
gave freedom,
to some,
and took away,
from others,
so that,
there are those,
who,
have freedom,
from fear,
to never be,
deprived of breathe,
then there are,
those,
who,
don't have,
that freedom,
the system,
had made sure,
of that.



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