Adynaton
By Bob McNeil
It’s easier to teach
Pigs hygiene,
Elephants aerobics,
Birds jogging lessons,
And snakes posture
Than make certain racists
Realize they only know
A rivulet’s worth of people,
And that’s what invalidates
Their ocean-wide evaluations
Of all humanity.
Bob McNeil is a writer, editor, cartoonist, and spoken word artist. Flexible Press published his book composed of essays, illustrations, poems, and stories titled Compositions on Compassion and Other Emotions. Proceeds from this work fund the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
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