made-ahead meals…

child
seems like
every channel
i
turn to
has one of those
cooking competitions
do you remember
when your mom
bought
that
turquoise
easy-bake oven
for
christmas
and
we made
stuff
the dog
wouldn’t even eat
well sugar
they even got
a show
with
an easy-bake oven
for
adults
adults who are
either
trying to win
some
cash
or
just some
time away
from
their children
in any case
there’s always
some panel
of
judges
who dish out
verdicts
in the same manner
as
the justice system
so
what you bake
or
cook
is still evaluated
by
the way you look
so
honey
it ain’t
no competition
just
confirmation

spectator sport-american justice…

a game like tennis
words are volleyed back and forth
until a winner 
is randomly selected
by the courthouse audience

and you were expecting what…

from its inception
the law
has been
unequal
for those
under
it
its function
has been
and
continues
to be
to
maintain
servitude
and
the clear
separation
of
the haves
from
the have nots
a systematic method
of
oppression
that gives
the illusion
of
freedom
and
the fasle expectation
of
impartial justice
bolstered
by
the bedtime stories
from
history
about
heroic acts
that
never occurred
or
occurred
in
a less than
courageous
manner

 

 

righteousness and law…

more promises
that
perpetrators
will be
brought
to
justice
justice
that spiritual state
of
everlasting communion
with
truth
a parallel realm
where
everything
operates according
to
an ordained court’s will
but
will is
an
intangible force
rarely felt
and
incapable
of
moving tangible
objects
so
perpetrators
worldwide
not quite
shaking
in their boots
pause
for
a moment
or
less
while
dining out
before
committing
more crimes
to be
brought
to
justice

based on personal opinion…

as god’s charge on earth
man’s the divine’s steward so
don’t expect justice

 

 

repeatedly raped…

history of degradation
denial of family rights
rejection of equality
covert systems of bondage
black life in america

 

 

in due time…

truth always survives
is what i believed but found
that was just a myth
a story for the hopeless
offered in place of justice

 

american justice…

 

a beautiful box
with such intricate designs
but it is empty

 

senior class project…

imagine
headlines
20-year-old black male
unknowingly
rapes
15-year-old white female
as
part
of
a senior class tradition
at
a private religious school
now
doesn’t that
just turn
your stomach
but
does the fact
the rapist
was
white
make it
better

dubious…

two
naturalized citizens
that had fled
the carnage
in syria
one
retired judge
sporting
an alligator briefcase
three
soccer moms
wearing
the latest
neighborhood fashion
two
senior citizens
wearing
behind-the-ear hearing aids
three
elementary school teachers
with
bloodshot eyes
most likely
from
reading composition papers
one
middle-aged man
with
an indistinguishable accent
and
you
one
minority cherub
with a broken wing
from los angeles
fallen
from grace
facing
a terrestrial hierarchy
a jury
of
your
peers