Footnote 666

Footnote 666

Law-ordained, ordered arrogance forms

The halos around uniforms, batons, guns,

 Badges, handcuffs, and stuff inform

Novenas for freshly minted killers.

Injustice is all.

This is the way the resolute signs morph

Into rabid symbols after the oaths in blue

Confirm this fraternity shall ruthlessly signify

Innocents are predestined to die.

Injustice is all.

Feral blue uniforms furiously pray

Their prey shall be young, female/male, and black,

Head bowed, silent, hands empty, arms outstretched ---

In truth, a crucifix without a cross.

Injustice is all.

This is America, after all, and air is a snarky, bleached privilege.

 Breath of color whose crime is breathing warrants social death.

This is America, the new post-Eden, and all bluebloody uniforms know

Justice is a brazen nuisance, a dangerous God-fearing whore.

Jerry W. Ward, Jr.