The Watchman
Published on Friday, 9th April 2021
The library door closes and the same eyes that watched over me now watch me with contempt. These books heavy with ideals are not enough to barricade violence and I shudder between the stalls of the urinal. Perhaps I should have ran, when the cameras shattered, the phone stomped on, their lenses whirling. Who wants to look at brutality matched against powerless protests? Who wants to record this piece of history?