What Could You Do?
Eight minutes and forty six seconds,
is time enough for a cup of coffee,
to smoke a cigarette,
is time enough to chat, tell jokes,
and wonder if they should step in.
is time enough to be curious about
the near bystander with his cellphone,
is time enough to ask whether what's
happening is wrong.
In eight minutes and forty six seconds
a man can say I can't breathe
as he's being strangled
he can say it over and over
he can go silent
and he can die.
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