We are not human

If human is kneeling in protest of another's right to life until that life is ripped from his lungs
If human is breaking and entering and murdering in the name of a badge
If human is a game of chase punctuated by hard lead, soft melanated flesh and cold blood
We are not human
If human is one rule for "them" and another for the "other"
If human is water cannons for sitting in peaceful protest
If human requires video evidence before justice is conceived
We are not human
If human is children imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit
Tortured confessions coerced from the lips of babes
If human is hanging for looking, lynching for lies
If human is the "other" in chains
We are not human

If human is a dozen forced upon one until her life oozed from her

If human is trigger-happy, care denying, if human requires paperwork to save a life

We are not human

We cannot be