A black man in Florida was forced to take a knife to his genitals
And eat them.
A rope was fashioned around his neck
Thrown over a high branch
And pulled so that it would lift him into the air
After moments of strangling
The man was let down
To resume his self mutilation
With knives that split his flesh
And cattle prods that burned his skin
When they were done they lynched him
And dragged him through the streets
Sold pictures and displayed his fingers and toes
To children
To mothers
To men
They laughed and told their friends
We should choke on the words our fathers have fed us
If they mean that we should be like them