Simply Breathing
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Author: Beau Beausoleil
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Killing George Floyd
Simply Breathing
By Beau Beausoleil
(May 29, 2020)
They told him to stop living
in his skin
They told him that his wings
would never
grow back
But every time they threw him
to the ground
every time they crushed his
breath
he rose up again
in spirit
and memory
He rose up on
still another of the
sea of flags
that cover this country
like a shroud
from coast
to coast.
Beau Beausoleil is a poet and activist (Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here) based in San Francisco, California. This poem is from a limited edition portfolio of 20 poems called, The Killing of George Floyd (Intermittent Press - 2023).