“Hostile Environments” ... A Poem written By Big Virge 30/6/2020

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United Kingdom

MAN These HOSTILE Environments REALLY NEED RETIREMENT... !!!
From WINDRUSH’ Scandals To... Black Lives Battles...
These Environments RATTLE And HERD Like... CATTLE...

The Types of RABBLES Who Want To DISMANTLE...
The Types of Panels Where Racists LIE And Then Decide...
What’s BEST For Black Lives When Our Lives FLATLINE... ?!!!!?

Because of Designs Where Environments HIDE...
How Racism Lives And STILL ENLISTS...
EVERYTHING From Politics To Employment Tricks...
To Make Things HOSTILE For Blacks NOT On Trial... !!!
But You’d Best BELIEVE That These LEGAL Teams AREN’T Squeaky Clean... !!!
When It Comes To BLACK DREAMS of... Justice Peace And Equality...
Where HOSTILITIES Are REMOVED QUICKLY From Where Black Folks Be... !!!
From Jobs To The Streets To... Dealing With Police...
Where Hostilities Supply Environments Where Black People DIE... !!!
EVEN When They DON’T Commit The Type of Crimes...
of... Corporate Guys Or White PAEDOPHILES... !!!
Whose Environments LINK To The WEALTHY And RICH... !!!
Who DON’T Feel The Sting That Environments Bring...
To... Young Black Men And Black Women...
When Policemen Decide To Be MORE Than Hostile...!!!
When They Feel That They Can Act ANY OLD WAY... ?!?
When Dealing With Blacks And Those Words Are FACT... !!!
But HOSTILITIES Have... MORE Subtleties... !!!
When It Comes To How White Employers Treat...
Black People Like MEAT When We Work For Their Companies... !!!
Where NEW Slavery Is The Modern Theme... !!!
That STILL Deals In Hostilities Because of Policies...
That DON'T Seem To Deal In Fair PAY Or Opportunities... !!!
Like Our Counterparts Get Because of Their WHITENESS... !?!
So Now UNITY Is Now Proving To Be...
A BIG PROBLEM SUDDENLY In... TWENTY TWENTY ... ?!?
Where HOSTILITIES... Are Now Being ERASED... !!!
But Is That REALLY The Case Because I Read Today...

That... Melissa Rolfe Has Lost Her Job...
Apparently Because of Political Moves...
That She Claimed Has To Do...
With Her SUPPORT For Policeman Crews... !!!
Because Her Stepson Has Now Become...
A Policeman Charged Because He Chose To Shoot...
Just A Little TOO FAST At... RAYSHARD BROOKS... !!!
And TOOK His Life Like Some Kind of Crook... !!!

The Environments Now Are Getting MORE HOSTILE... !!!
Because The PC Crowd Are Now SHOUTING LOUD... !!!
….......... Tearing Statues Down .......... !!!
And In My Honest Opinion Are Behaving Like CLOWNS... !!!
Just RUNNING Around Who AREN'T THINKING About...
The PROBLEM That LIVES Because It’s... POLITICS...
And The Racists Who Are Hidden From View Who They NEED To Bring DOWN... !!!
Because Things WON'T CHANGE Because of Disarray And Violent Displays... !!!
It’s IN COURTROOMS And Chambers Too...
Where Laws Are ABUSED And Used To Set LOOSE...
HOSTILITIES... That Now Need To CEASE... !!!
Because The Race War Now Is What’s Causing FROWNS...
And Environments Are Becoming Like WAR Grounds... !!!
And That’s NOT A GOOD LOOK Like Something OVERCOOKED... !!!
There’s NO Doubting That The System Is STACKED...
MUCH MORE THAN Heavily Against Those Who Are BLACK... !!!
But We Need To RECOGNISE Who It REALLY Is That We Need To Fight... !!!

So I’ll REPEAT The First Lines...
of This Set of Rhymes Just... ONE MORE TIME...
For Those Who USE Their MINDS...
When It Comes To The FIGHT To Make... RACISM DIE... !!!

Because What REALLY NEEDS RETIREMENT...
Are These POLICIES That Are Used To BREED...
And Now INCREASE... These Political TYRANTS... !!!
Who Now Seem To FEED... Off These.....

...... “ HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS “ …...

This poem is about: 
My community
Our world
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