war drums

the Holy Roman Empire marched

Michelangelo painted 

Napoleon raged his canons 

and Beethoven composed 

the racists lynched

Ella sung 

napalm scorched Vietnam’s skies 

Bukowski wrote 

thompson wrote

and the nameless

who endured the unspeakable

who created 

still

art is always 

art is a humanity 

that can’t be stolen - 

now 

is 

no 

exception.