Black Friday ain't Black

 Black Friday ain't black

Black Friday white green

White like black plague

Green like Amazon slime

Praise be to conspicuous

Consumption

Shoppers mad rush 

Headlong over precipice

Trample bodies beneath feet

into chasm of things

Plastic ephemeral toxic toys

For zombie girls boys

We wear the mask

No touching

Keep your distance

Shut church doors tight

Open strip club

Casino

Close masjid temple

No funeral

No visiting sick elders

Swim down River Amazon

See slaves on riverbank

Laughing at packing riverboats

To nowhere

No joy happiness when boats arrive downriver.

--MARVIN X

11/27/20