A Pome: "Officer Friendly Killed My Brother"
My sister died because the medicine cost eighty-four thousand dollars
I can't breathe
My father was turned away at the voting place
I can't breathe
They took my aunt's house
I can't breathe
"A fund has been started to help the family pay medical expenses"
I can't breathe
My grandmother is still working--they privatised her pension
I can't breathe
My cousins got turned away from the public swimming pool
I can't breathe
My brother was beaten for holding hands with his husband
I can't breathe
My sister was killed for "looking like a ho"
I can't breathe
They put my neighbors in jail instead of treating their illness
I can't breathe
The sky is dark with soot and the land is slick and oily
I can't breathe
Officer Friendly killed my brother
I can't breathe
My voice is unheard
I can't breathe
