I can disappear
fade the indivisible invisible nigga
bullets burn right through me
the man without a plan
I stand stark naked
screaming for you to shoot
and you do
six times
eight times
forty four
You riddled the air
I’m not there
I’m on an island
combing the sand for sea urchins to bash against the rock
I’m shoveling fufu and egusi into my face with
my family in trap
blocking the cops for the block party
I am anywhere but here
school, graduation, another mugging
disappear child disappear
be as dark as the night your ancestors crawled from
teeth shining like stars
be black as the mines
your blood brothers mined for diamonds
fade when you see the guns coming
Wow.
So damn intense. Uncomfortably true.
Good piece.