Fig Pizza melts on my tongue Dark Chocolate lightening my mood I could be squashed on the street Run over by revolution But I’m not I could be shot in the abdomen 1…2…3 times for not paying a bus fare But I’m not
My mood is blue But my skin is white I am fed, housed, clothed Owe debt but cannot be jailed Don’t have a job but have friends I am not desperate Just sad I am not in isolation Just a witness to those who are I am not sick But see its effects everywhere I am not rich But I am, I am
Written 1/24/15. In honor of Oscar Perez Giron fatally shot by police over a bus fare.