Activist Now

[Tiger the Lion]

Hey Valerie P, good to see you. A couple little things. 

That grand Victorian house in
Inman park, at the corner of Euclid and Elizabeth,
with the big, wrap-around porch and the teak settee and the pointed tower
in Rembrandt Ruby not a fan of the endwords in this first section. Would prefer house, corner and porch as breaks
(from the Sherwin Williams historical paint line, SW 0033)
where heirloom rose balsam 
(ethically-sourced and admired for its stunning hues)
curls and caresses Signs of Justice 
(visual displays of solidarity, align with our mission and get massive savings today).

“We Believe”
“Black Lives Matter”
“#together”
The painted fists
in a palette of diversity
speaking mute truth to power 
from behind the black bars 
of the wrought iron fence
and the heavy gate that is shut.

I wonder if footnotes might work better than parentheses for pace. I'm sure you have weighed that already but for me it  slows the immediacy of the subject matter. It's a tough one because I can also see why it belongs in the body of the thing.
Welcome back