The Cost of Revolution for a White Girl

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I wake to new lines
around old eyes
and I wonder
if apathy allows for
more rest or if
your silence has cost
you the back of your
throat
if your tonsils are
dissolving themselves
as you sleep
in protest

what is the cost
of revolution
for a white girl
lines around tired
eyes
comfort built on the
lined backs of
dead Black women
Breonna Taylor’s
mother would give
anything to watch
her eyes grow old

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