sprouts
tendril spoiled of nutrition
family trees rotten still
seed spat from crooked mouths
same as lies that kill
Black men women children
generations of white filthy picnic goers
vile watchers
spawn in tow smile ignorant
stolen pieces
thieves of lives limbs histories
bad seed
adopted
adapted
spread far and wide
bad seed spilled
into deep blue wool
across the house floor
from lecterns
behind closed chambers
between empty bible pages
invasive unrestricted
by southern fence posts
poisoned ancestral trees
toxic forests
lethal branches leaves buds
alive today