White Guilt (2026)
A guilty verdict, a curse, a condemnation, not an internalized shame.
i do not need to ask
what we said
about Alex Pretti
i still remember
what we sang
about Philando Castile
the apologia album
plays platinum
its sound stutters
but it skips no one
a timeless bloodlust chant
sang before Trayvon
before Emmett
a discordant trill taught
to white children in homes
who are slapped by their conductors
if caught practicing in public
a battle hymn enforced
when their parents scream
at barely rebellious teens
a dead man--
a lotto ball plucked!
a murdered child--
a state lawsuit jackpot!
nuke the sand statics!
my arabic girlfriend
out of earshot
shame on the scratch lovers!
my black partner
a year away
shoot the pregnant stuck
before she drops anchors!
my latine love and i
infertile in our home
the only psalms
i picked up
donations
protests
deliveries
hardly balm me
let alone anyone else