George Floyd

John Grey is an Australian poet, living in Rhode Island, recently published in Soundings East, Dalhousie Review and Connecticut River Review. Latest book, Leaves On Pages is available through Amazon.

By John Grey 

As if George Floyd
never happened, 

the face 
is like a grinning scythe
posturing 

& sprouting
for his brain-locked minions – 

I don’t see a cop
but some guy in a suit
with a blood-red tie, 

with his knee
on a black man’s throat
while a crowd, 
all gunned-up & lathering,
cheer him on – 

it’s Chaney & Goodman
& Schwerner all over –

only the lynch mob
is in the millions,
the bullhorn, talk radio
or some loudmouth on Fox –

as if George Floyd
never happened – 

not according 
to the golfer-in-chief -

but George Floyd
is still happening 
for the rest of us.

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