Follow this link for the news story that inspired this series of haiku.
1.
Not Afghanistan,
America’s longest war
Is closer to home.
2.
The war on black men
Rages on like a river
Through rocky rapids
3.
They’re so elusive
Cops only seem to find them
“Lurking” in plain sight
4.
Bullets betray trust
With news of a cop killing
Another black man
5.
The BlackNess Monster
Ain’t been found by researchers
Because it’s a myth!
6.
Leafless trees still yield
Fruits of genocidal death.
They’re strange fruits, indeed.
7.
Don’t get it twisted,
America’s longest war
Is waged on red men.
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Keith M. Kelley | Poet 