I know you because you are me
Press your hands in namaste
And hold your neighbors hand in prayer

With cocktails in hand and a glib tongue
you diminish and tsk tsk the becoming of
a fellow beauty with an ease you can’t explain

I know you because you are me
You wave the flag of your captain,
coach, owner claiming liberty
As the right of a free man to speak,
assemble and walk your beach

I know you because you are me
Send a strongly worded letter
hashtag his name
then avoid his neighborhood

Limiting who is man and
Ignoring your rage for rights
when an other is hunted in your streets

Keep your privilege to your kind
Hypocrisy your free man’s right