"i Can't Breathe..." (for George Floyd And The Rest Of Us) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEF A GHIBJKL A GMNOPL A QRQSR AHTU RCRQR| I can't breathe | A |
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| Who cares | B |
| It's another expendable darkie | C |
| Gasping for miserable breath | D |
| Not from the choke of the virus | E |
| But the felony of systemic racism | F |
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| I can't breathe | A |
| - | |
| So can't I brother | G |
| But mine from the trauma | H |
| Of a nine minute script | I |
| Scribbled in blood and tears | B |
| Capturing our ageless pain | J |
| The age left the stone | K |
| But the stone yet clings to the heart | L |
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| I can't breathe | A |
| - | |
| Who can brother | G |
| When humanity asphyxiates | M |
| From the noxious fumes | N |
| Of coloured hate and the strife of tongues | O |
| The ages long left the dark | P |
| But the darkness yet colours the heart | L |
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| I can't breathe | A |
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| Tell me who can | Q |
| When the world chokes | R |
| On the trail of greed and mammon | Q |
| Groans from the triumph of might over right | S |
| And bleeds from the sword of deviant devotions | R |
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| I can't breathe | A |
| My momma | H |
| I can't | T |
| I I I | U |
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| So he trails off with the last gasps | R |
| Of our cherished humanity | C |
| And the Floyd of our inequalities | R |
| Succumbs to civilized villainy | Q |
| Drowning the world in a flood of tears | R |
Samuel Dare Ekohimi
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