I Can't Breathe Tanka Poem by Chen-ou Liu

I Can't Breathe Tanka



written in response to the death of George Floyd

riot police
in the gathering dark
a black boy
on his father's shoulders
holds a sign, " I can't breathe"

Chen-ou Liu
Friday, May 29, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: death,father and son,police brutality,racism
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