
There is another Valentine’s
Day lost in Vermont
Teddy Bears and heart
Shaped boxes –
A year ago
We saw it take
Away the lives of
Fourteen students,
Three adults –
Gunned down like countless others
We don’t mention
Because they were too black
Or too poor for sympathy –
Today we see a generation
Kept in cages, stolen
By a forced adoption
while we enjoy white privilege
with dead flowers.
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Ben Ditmars (C) 2019