Kindergarten Justice - Jo Ann Smith

[Larry Robinson]

Kindergarten Justice

an anvil sits on the heart of America

her breath labored through a mouth wide open

in a frozen scream of boundless rage for justice

 
and we, blinded by tears, implore the goddess

to remove her blindfold before escape from this madness

is too late and sense by sense our country, coursing wildly 

with no fulcrum to steady her compass, be sucked away

 
ruins of this metal wind, this breathless insanity

challenge our balance to stay upright

justice is abandoned, a rumble of unimaginable trouble 

growls from behind doors we thought could never open

 
age has shortened our stride, 

but how did our younger sense of fairness

get lost in our older hearts

 
before we began to make histories of our lives, 

our polished cheeks brimming with innocence, 

we knew when something wasn’t right, 

we had the certainty of kindergarten justice, 

the resolute declaration of “that’s not fair!”

 
stand up, act out, throw a tantrum, 

join the voices of awareness reciting 

the courage of our memory, 

even if pitted against all odds

we can exhume the body of justice

 
once the battle is joined, 

we will never have to 

fumble in our pockets 

for evidence of resistance

                                                                            
	- Jo Ann Smith
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