1.
They say,
“These kids is wild-
Without supervision!
Crip-walkin’ their way to prison!”
Mass incarceration
Loves kids falling
Through cracks.
2.
Before
You judge someone
Better check your bias
Don’t deny it! We all have them:
Influencing our thought
Processes and
Actions.
3.
the guy
interviewing
at the next table was
nervously answering questions.
trying to look relaxed
he paused… and then
answered.
4.
trauma
from slavery
was never diagnosed
by abolitionist doctors
after the civil war.
they were busy
gloating!
5.
they dreamed
of brighter days
in their children’s futures
“butterflies, zebras, and moonbeams”
like jimi hendrix sang.
brighter days with
calm nights.
6.
freedom
came at a cost.
lives and liberties- lost!
middle passage or holocaust?
freedom came at a cost-
at a great cost!
be free!
1.
Just so folks don’t trip,
I wrote a post script.
2.
btw #2
ain’t even about you!
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