“One, two, three
Four, five, six
Seven, eight, and nine
Ten, eleven, twelve
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen
Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen
Nineteen, twenty-three,
Forty, fifty, sixty
Seventy, eighty, ninety
Hundred and hundred one
Any age is taken by racism.
Racism dead
Long live racist deaths.
Slavery dead
Long live the slave’s death.
Colonialism dead
Long live colonies deaths.
Slave-masters gone
Police masters came
Lynching gone
Shootings came
Totalitarian gone
Democracy came
But black lives are taken by them.
Across time and space”