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It's systemic, endemic,

obscured by the pandemic

It's been normalized

being brutalized

And only in part

the larger reality

playing out

yesterday's calamity

turned to modern-day fable

by those at the head of the table

judging themselves

competent and able

at gated and monitored access

enforced even

by those considered 'less'

Reaching for that hegemony

proven everywhere a mess

And all fronted

as what's wanted

SP