white outrage is exhausting
by Aura Bogado
white outrage is 100 whites
explaining their sudden sorrow
while only one white person
actually asks you
how you’re doing
white outrage is 200 whites
demanding to know
what they should be doing
white outrage needs to know
white outrage cannot wait
they’ve been attended to
their whole lives
and today is no different
white outrage
needs solutions
from you
from the person
in no way responsible
white outrage needs
those answers
from you
now
white outrage
always has
an expiration date
and then it spoils
white outrage always spoils
the rot that is left
the putrid remains
of counterfeit concerns
altered into complacency
assure another episode
of white outrage
white outrage is a cycle
that revolves around itself
and ensures its own survival
white outrage will tire you
white outrage will drain you
white outrage will finish you
