cops
“ . . one of them brought his knee up into my
groin and I bent over and someone kicked me in the side of the head and said, ‘You
dirty cop-killing rat.”
he paused a momentclosing the
book Black Wings Has My Angel on his finger so not to lose his place what a place
there was a ticking in his ears the gears in his brain working he knew that it like a carnival Fortune
Telling Lady machine was gonna lay something on him whether he wanted it or not
because he dared to think or slipped it a thin dime
the ticking finally quit it took over his mouth he said out loud Why is it when a cop kills someone theyre
referred to as officer or policeman not
a dirty nigger-killing rat a dirty
white-killing rat any-ethnic-killing ratWHY why are they granted the benefit of doubt when they take it upon themselves
an deescalateexecute with a bullet
because
the Court has their backs
their Union has their
backs
they feared for their life
maybe they dont think the person they killed
feared for theirs or they dont have to
think just react to their fear
thinking goes against command
a commandment evidently punishable by death if someone doesnt
immediately-or-sooner do what they say a reverse Mother-may-I they ice you if you move if you shudder if you
run for
your life a
soul aint been born who can outrun a bullet
dead men tell no tales
That? I forgot to turn my camera on. the benefit of doubt
1400, Monday,
23 9. 19
1154,
Thursday, 3 10. 19
