Joshua’s Salvation Retold — Curtis Brown
(Excerpts taken from Sunday Times article on Anthony Joshua’s Black Lives Matter Protest speech – June 7 2020)
Impassioned plea
fallout of the death
unarmed
silent on the senseless
black owned
postcode war
burning down shops
to be united
where it hurts
knowledge
taken my street
100 per cent
way, way too long
catalyst in a list
include black lives
speak out at peaceful
sly racism
turn it
in a brace
for almost nine minutes
show them
knee to his throat
of no immediate concern
abstain
chauvin[ism]
be real with
you
realise it is done
virus spreading
in my DNA
legit hustler
another life
fighting for every life
skin colour
posted on his Instagram
the corporate world
invest in black
in light of the reaction
inject the vaccine
sit back and
remember
lost consciousness
my blood.
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Curtis Brown is a creative based in London, UK who believes in the promiscuity of poetry. He tell tales using various mediums, and loves the fact that poetry permeates them all. His work can be found in London Grip, This Present Former Glory: An Anthology of Honest Spiritual Literature (Print), and elsewhere.