Eight Minutes And 46 Seconds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCD ABEED FGHHA BIIDA BJJKKLM| I can't breathe | A |
| For eight minutes and seconds | B |
| George Floyd cried | C |
| Just before he died | C |
| Before those who saw him pinned down | D |
| - | |
| I can't breathe | A |
| For eight minutes and seconds | B |
| George Floyd cried aloud | E |
| And being witnessed by the crowd | E |
| Just as he gets pinned down | D |
| - | |
| It took eight minutes and minutes | F |
| To kill a man | G |
| Dying for no reason | H |
| Like it's killing season | H |
| But why kill no man that can't breathe | A |
| - | |
| For eight minutes and seconds | B |
| Where a police officer decide to play God | I |
| To press their knee on his neck and what's odd | I |
| They penned him down | D |
| But he couldn't breathe | A |
| - | |
| It was eight minutes and seconds | B |
| They let a man die | J |
| On the street but why | J |
| Why use their knee to kill | K |
| And now the world stands still | K |
| To see what will happen next | L |
| April | M |
Kenneth R. Jenkins
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 09/23/2021
Poet's note: In memory of all those who gotten hassled by the police.
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