stop
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, executed January 24, 2026
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arrow in video
pointing to boots
pointing up
just before
a man on all fours
crowded by humans
shoving and hitting
him down then a shot
the man reels up
falls back boots up
masked agents shoot
bam bam bam bam
bam bam bam
bam bam the
prone body my
heart my chest my guts
my face my hands all
sick soaked STOP.
Word of ancient use
meaning block, obstruct,
halt. Bring out
the bodies. All of us. All
the weeping raging
grieving sick pounds
of flesh we work
to keep
breathing and beat
with one heart beating
keep in the streets keep
flesh next to flesh. Block
it off. Make it stop. Bring
our beating beating
hearts bring our
breathing bodied
selves bring it all
all of it
to a stop.