White Pendulum Poem by Hans Ostrom

White Pendulum



That the political pendulum swings
in the U.S. isn't important. That
White Supremacists designed and operate
the pendulum is the thing to remember
(not that you forgot) . It's a nation
founded by slave-holders and ethnic
cleansers. (I'm seeing a pattern here.)

This is where we live, and the old news
still lacerates. I'd pray for us all
except it seems at best quaint-
like knowing things, relying
on evidence, and resisting depravity.



hans ostrom 2016

Monday, November 21, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: politics,racism,slavery
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