no it does not fix
everything, doesn’t even
come close. there is no repair,
not for the dead,
not for the enslaved, the heartbroken
& crushed souls.

it feels so much like the last
shall be first that i almost believe
it. & i have looked
at the tv weeping;
i’ve hoped & rejoiced.
we have a black president!

but this does not fix
everything, doesn’t even
come close.