Eat not my Brother For though his skin is darker than mine His tears are no less salty Nor is his laughter less sweet
Eat not my brother Treat him not unlike a man For though we are not alike on the outside Humanity is not only skin deep
This is the poem which Vincent S. Coster's fifth collection takes its title from. He wrote it in response to the shock at seeing countless black men being killed in America by police officers. It is disgraceful that there is still officers who think it is perfectly acceptable to gun down some young man or woman simply because they have different coloured skin. It is a puny attempt on my part to speak out and shame them.