Unframed Picture us Unframed, reframed See us in all the places that we could not be Prohibited, inhibited Shapes connecting dying breath to life through plastic, steel, sweat, despair Hearts and faces with hidden bruises Shadows around a grave. Remember us In queues, on lines Recall us in all the ways we could not be Separated. Resegregated. Dimly distant in each other’s eyes and our own minds Footprints washed away before they could be followed. Trust and truth erased. Watch us Sinking. Rising Deeply hungering to hold and heal Hunkering with blame and rage Drunk on defiance and compliance Passing bucks. Creating decoys. Excuses to deploy. Imagine us Unmasked.…