There are lives that matter, and there are those other lives....
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind;
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
- John Donne
Two celebrities died this week
Pundits pooled barrels of ink coast to coast;
Kleenex flew from shelves; and
Facebook filled with philosophical wealth;
“So sad” trended, looped exponentially…
123 Palestinians were
systematically slaughtered…
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
A moment of silence—
70 years…
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Raymond Nat Turner is Black Agenda Report's poet in residence, and an acclaimed performing artist. Find much more of his work at http://upsurgejazz.com.
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