Let it Burn Until

My people curl up in anger.

Tears cover our faces like masks.

The transatlantic slave trade pandemic remedy is fire.

Burn all the bridges that stretch from our feet to Jim Crow.

We wave the flag of independence, we dance, we hum.

Let the church say amen to the new hymn called Fuck the Police.

No more treaties.

No more smiles or southern sensibilities.

Start a fire in the south and let it reach the Midwest.

Let the flames burn for Ahmaud and Breonna.

May the fire turn 10,000 Lakes into lava pits.

I say unleash the fire of justice in order to turn Minneapolis from purple to Black.

By George!

Let it burn until every corrupt rat is on the run.

My sisters and brothers stand atop the hill of humanity.

We gather and garden, poach and pack for West Africa.

We take with us more than we came with.

Restoration is born in the bags of money at our feet.

Burn every robe, every racist root, every hostile hostel.

Let it burn until…

Written by Michael X for our murdered brothers and sisters.