1960s,
the ”long hot summers”
when tinderbox cities
exploded
with black lives
that mattered,
still matter.
Now again
city after city,
again protests,
again police,
again brutality,
again
necks and knees
and point-blank range.
Again.

Those who do not know
history
are condemned
to repeat it.
Those who do
are condemned
to weep.

Again.