predawn meditation #2…

with their
legal immunity
those sworn
to
uphold the law
have in truth
become
the law
capable of becoming
the judge
jury
as well as
the executioner
as long as
they
facilitate societal aims
those objectives
of
maintaining the oppressed
in
their
proper place

cancellation of fireworks…

i asked
the brown bag prophet
if it
bothered him
that
the city
had
cancelled
the annual fireworks
he
said
ain’t nothing
to
celebrate
this
fourth of july
won’t even
make
a good wake
for
a dying nation
a nation
with
an ever growing
body bag
count
bagging up
blacks
and
browns
those grown
and
those
who’ll
never
get to grow
shot dead
as they read
what a great nation we are
should have read
we were
and
when we’re done
bagging up
the nra’s
school lunches
we’ll starting
filling up the bags
with
botched abortions
or
young mothers
who died
giving birth
to
a child
demanded by
and
abandoned by
good christians
protecting
a moral code
written
on rice paper
promoted
by
demigods
of
greed
so please
don’t ask me why
i’m
not celebrating
or
upset
about
cancelling
a fantasy freedom event

as seen on city streets…

as i entered
the
post office
i saw
the
brown bag prophet
mailing
a business envelope
he
said
i’m gonna
propose
a new show
for
the black
entertainment network
i want them
to
seriously
think about
my
humble
proposal
for
a program
called
wait
wait
don’t
shoot me

 

freedom american style…

back of the bus no
got front roll seats but police
now have a clear shot

 

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ain’t no wonder…

the brown bag prophet
said
a jury
can watch
a
police video
of
a rogue cop
shooting
an unarmed black man
point
blank
and
the jury
will
argue
for days
about
the validity
of
the evidence
and
then
end up with
a
hung
jury
it’s
no wonder
the current
white house
feels
it can do anything
it wants
and
still maintain
popular support
even
if it kills
a bunch
of
them
point-blank

repeat performance…

i’m
so sorry
your
existence
has been
grossly
misrepresented
in
the media
that
prime time coverage
that
boosted
our ratings
about
deaths
in your neighborhood
have
shifted
to tweets
by
presidential candidates
in
the wee hours
of
the morning
indeed
babbling
about
bubble gum issues
but
that’s
what the public
wants
to hear
so
corporate decisions
of
profits
over
public responsibilities
had to be made
perhaps
you could
die
again

delayed irony…

the brown bag prophet
sitting across from
the municipal police department
was holding up a sign
with halos
on each edge
that
simply read
you’ll be sorry
i
pointed out to him
that might be viewed
as a threat
by
city officials
he said
oh
i didn’t mean it
that way
i was just
trying to point out
that at the rate
they’re killing black folks
white folks
won’t have any room
in heaven
when
and
if
they get
there

fatally shot…

the prey lie bleeding
a proud foot rest on its back
another black child

another black child
hunted down like a wild beast
the prey lie bleeding

the prey lie bleeding
so a mother must bury
another black child

shots fired…

another body
face down upon the ground
one more family’s tears

one more family’s tears
laying to rest a child’s dreams
another body

another body
for the official records
one more family’s tears

one more family’s tears
as the courts proclaim it’s just
another body

without a shot fired…

light moves without touch
like embedded childhood fears
soul’s apprehensions