HE'S HUMAN BRO

HE'S HUMAN BRO(Bernie Martin) It's the 25th May 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He exhibits 400 year old attitudes that have changed not one iota.

Like reading from a manual - perform the desired operation as indicated
His actions are deeply ingrained, they're nothing short of being premeditated.

To turn these settings off, just select off but it's not, never has been, that easy.
Four centuries of slavery, then segregation then police brutality.

The landscape us akin to dry brush which has been ignited by the lightning strike
of his death. The spirits of Michael Brown, Eric Garner are hovering ghostlike.

There's nothing that's not been seen before here, just that it's been caught on a mobile phone
Derek Chauvin is one of a long line of predecessors of whom he's a clone.

George Floyd will never again say "tomorrow do thy worst for I have loved today."
Those who protest and march can rightly state "time only knows the price we have to pay."

A President who hides away issuing divisive, inflammatory tweets.
All those who have been pushed too far and for too long are congregating in the streets.

As Trump conjures up the image of the most vicious dogs attacking protestors,
exactly as they had been used hundreds of years ago on these people's ancestors.

Here in England we are deluding ourselves if we think we are any better.
Enough is enough, it's time to speak out, to be heard. Tweet, text, email or letter.

The clothes are different, not the people, it's still here, that image of the Deep South.
9 minutes of agony lead to death with "the bulgin eyes and the twisted mouth."

Anti-racism is not a corporate strategy, hashtag or trending topic,
nor a PR exercise. Don't just speak out for attention, for the sake of it.

White, black and brown all need to be on the ground, there can be no solidarity,
we need to take risks, there can be no solidarity without proximity.