A Bomb Fell Today

A bomb fell today In a room with children The fallout Was cold and dying instant And many not prepared for heaven Writhed and became complacent. A bomb fell today It was not politically correct When the N word exploded And my neighbor's son Though in a distant New Jersey Died also from the bomb One witness said The officer stepped politely up to him Called him, sir, and asked him out Of his birthday gift His college bound Mercedes When he had spread them Something seemed to break him Something his manhood could not take Something he had ignored before When from isle to isle inside the store The same disrespect Haunted him sleep each sleepless night Whatever did he say ... not the N-word sure But to the morgue they carried him away And the radioactive wave Hunches at an Harlem door