The Shame and Fear We Sow

The Shame and Fear We Sow

It’s no longer Build the Wall

or Lock Her Up, now it’s Shoot the Bitch.

and Hang the Nigger.

Outbursts, newsworthy metaphors,

one more fire under Nowhere Bridge,

a contemptible distraction

to my support of The Water Protectors?

I’m done listening to loudspeakers

announce our descent into hell.  It’s a show

of strength to be a powerful woman,

a successful black man. Why run

through the corridors

of the West Wing cherry-picking slogans

for a lynch mob?