Sep 11, 2017
Everywhere Trump Towers
rising from quicksand and cement.
Where do we find shelter from the storms?
What has collapsed is civility.
I believe how it ends is never how
it begins.
Since the beginning of the year
I've had a fear of flying.
So much white anger in the air.
I can't breathe.
What is this strange ash that covers
my black body?
How long has America been burning?
E. Ethelbert Miller is a writer and literary activist. Miller is host of the podcast On The Margin (WPFW).
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