The voice of your brother's blood....(Gen 4:10-11)

I wonder
where is the outrage

for the dead  boy in San Antonio?

as I see Berkeley burning

and Ferguson rebuilding, honoring one

I pause to think

about university presidents

laying on the floor of their homes Chanting  “I can’t breath”

about classes being suspended

so students can march across the bridge, to honor one

I wonder

where are the demonstrators? The fire starters, the bottle throwers?

as a  few friends gather

to hold a prayer service

and carry signs about justice for one dead boy

I am amazed

that these three were all killed by police

but two demand national attention

two demand national violence, national headlines, national outrage, and the president

and one’s name is forgotten in a moment

I am sadden

By the unraveling of the fabric of consensus
 threads loosen and become separate,

with no connections to  other strands

until the ground is littered with indifference

(his name was Cameron Redus)

Published  January 2015 Voices de la Luna, San Antonio, Texas   http://www.voicesdelaluna.com/