#2206 -- in memoriam Renee Nicole Good

 

2206

7.13

13.i.26

in memoriam Renee Nicole Good

the state murders a poet

 

in case you haven’t noticed

hate has passed beyond the realm of theory

 

hate and the lies that enable

and the lies that follow on

 

of course it’s not my country

how can I comment

from my safe distance

 

the state murders a poet

forgives itself right away

 

‘nothing to see here’ says the state

we all do our duty

it was self defence

 

of course I could never have known her

my impression is she was for humanity

considered the other creatures as well

 

I know, without doubt, why she was there –

because of care, because of love

that’s why

 

why they come after her, even dead

with hate and the lies that enable

and the lies that follow on

 

one cannot know what anyone was thinking

but I know that a gun smells of hate

smells of a gun

 

the wielders of terror bandy the word

 

and we know their lies for lies

you won’t need to think very far

to get there

 

you can see, anyone can

hate and the lies that enable

and the lies that follow on

 

a poet dies at the hands of the haters

 

is it the hate state now?

have we already come so far?

 

let this be the turning now

 

we will remember her