Lament for Sheku Bayoh by Hannah Lavery

Author:Hannah Lavery
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781914228230
Publisher: Salamander Street Ltd.
Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Lament (Part Five)

THIRD: The black cab driver says racist things.

The kids on the street are saying racist things.

The men on the train say racist things.

My son’s teacher says racist things.

My colleagues say racist things.

My neighbours are saying racist things.

My newsfeed is saying racist things.

My radio is saying racist things.

My television is saying racist things.

My newspaper is saying racist things.

My politicians are saying racist things.

My prime minister is saying racist things.

My police are saying racist things.

My friends are saying racist things.

My family are saying racist things.

My lover is saying racist things.

FIRST: I am tired.

I am waking up

in harr days. The fog so thick –

it slips under the mat – under my door – into my home.

Comes to me at the bathroom mirror – where I stand looking for myself

and seeing nothing of myself there. I walk out of my home,

increasingly at odds with myself here.

SECOND: In the dreich. I am head down.

I walk hurriedly, deftly.

I avoid the familiar pitfalls and go headlong into new walls –

into recently dug ditches and trench. Fall

into new cracks – opened up by your heavy boot.

THIRD: I am stripped to the bone –

in all your acid words –

in all your acid looks.

I am tired.

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