the earth shook
last night
sending a tremor
through six feet of
dirt, wreath and wood
to my rotting corpse
beneath
and I rolled over
for 16 months
I tried to
rest in peace
as my spirit wandered
restlessly
but last night
even the stoic palms
shuddered in disbelief
and I rolled over
I was just
going home....ma,
talking
on the phone...ma,
when a 'cracker'
with a gun
shot be down...ma
now maggots and fleas
are crunching
my bones ...ma
and the 'cracker' is free???
maybe if
I were white
like lanza and holmes
I'd be left alone,
not profiled;
given a pass,
to commit
mass homicides,
not take a bullet
through the heart
for being black!!!
I was born in '95
the year 168 died
in OKC
and 1 million men marched
in DC
but last night
justice exploded
in sanford
and
I
rolled
over...
~ P
Jul 20, 2013
Jul 20, 2013 at 5:32 PM UTC
the earth shook
last night
sending a tremor
through six feet of
dirt, wreath and wood
to my rotting corpse
beneath
and I rolled over
for 16 months
I tried to
rest in peace
as my spirit wandered
restlessly
but last night
even the stoic palms
shuddered in disbelief
and I rolled over
I was just
going home....ma,
talking
on the phone...ma,
when a 'cracker'
with a gun
shot be down...ma
now maggots and fleas
are crunching
my bones ...ma
and the 'cracker' is free???
maybe if
I were white
like lanza and holmes
I'd be left alone,
not profiled;
given a pass,
to commit
mass homicides,
not take a bullet
through the heart
for being black!!!
I was born in '95
the year 168 died
in OKC
and 1 million men marched
in DC
but last night
justice exploded
in sanford
and
I
rolled
over...
~ P
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