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Outside the courthouse

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from Black History Month hosted by Black Lives Matter El Dorado County and Poetry of the Sierra Foothills, an Art & Poetry event (Feb. 20, 2021)



Black History Month


on a painting of George Floyd


He sits on the bench

in front of the courthouse, along with our bags

we put down to lighten our load, waiting.

He’s been sitting before the courthouse

till he’s blue in the face.

The courthouse door is closed,

it’s Saturday. How long has he been sitting?

Ages. We’re only here for an hour or so,

to make art and poetry, to talk and look.

Then we’ll take up our bags

and leave. He’ll still be here.

No, he’s just a picture, an effigy,

an exhibit. He isn’t real.

He is.


~ Taylor Graham (poem & photo)

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