Submissions by thenatashadee

The day the black man is made into a memory,
Is the day before a black child is made into a man.
Is the day after being black is made into injustice.
Or the same day a black woman is made into nothing at all.
The week after the black man is made into a memory,
The poetry slam becomes a vigil.
Each person taking turns holding the candle
Or the weapon
While others take turns throwing their hands in the air.
And we all become symbolism.
We talk about the death like a dinner conversation
Do not realize how we have become desensitized. ...