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