by Hokis, Founder & Senior Editor

 

 

The
whistle, white
reconstruct{shun}
had done before.

The
Witnessed abuse,
floating back{s},
{above the} tracks.

The 
State seen, a threat;
{poetic licence to
rearrange words}

URGENT: PUSH THE FLAG!

 

 

Feature image: Harold E. Edgerton, Bullet through Apple, 1964, printed 1984, dye transfer print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Young, 1991.89.14

Images within poem: “8 Takeaways From the Whistle-Blower Complaint,” by Charlie Savage, New York Times, Friday, September 27, 2019: Section A24-25

 

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