Sonya Stewart Poet Free verse

Duty Wotlis Boy

I can't tell you my address 
Imagine your fear when I say...Tivoli 
All you see is the inner city 
 I am linked to death yet I have never killed one

I find it strange no one sees my pain
I was at the top of my graduating class but yet I have no job
I am unemployable because where I come from...  then you say "duty wotlis boy from Tivoli "

 shake my head 

Life hard for a young boy from the inner city,  
Education without links is meaningless... no opportunities

It's OK to clean your car glass but not sit next to you in the same office space " duty wotlis boy from Tivoli " clean mi glass and tek mi spare change..."duty wotlis boy"

Its OK to take up a gun because that's  what you expect of me,  I am not your son... Shoot  and kill...a degree is too much for me? "The little duty wotlis boy from Tivoli " that's how you see me 

I have a degree but no opportunities  so how do I eat and support my family... You send me to the streets to rob and kill... then you say what I tell you about these  inner city youths ... " duty wotlis boy from Tivoli "

When will you realize , you created  me.."the duty wotlis boy"

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