It's Been a Year
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It's Been a Year
A prose poem reflecting on 12 months of a reckoning with racism
Hello friends, a year ago George Floyd was murdered by the police. Nothing will bring him back. In this piece, I reflect on the past year.
IT’S BEEN A YEAR
It’s been a year
Since George Floyd’s murder shook the world
Nine minutes and 29 seconds of videoed trauma
Making Black Lives Matter, but only for a moment
It’s been a year