Ferguson
Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Ferguson
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: August/2014
America,
Hands Up
Don't Shoot!
Young
black males
are dying,
faster than
seconds
on a
clock,
and
nothing is done
Just
another
young brother
GONE -
They killed Pac,
In Vegas
nothing was done
They killed Biggie
In LA
nothing was done
They killed Oscar Grant,
In Oakland,
(at Fruitvale station)
nothing was done
They killed, Trayvon
In Sanford, Florida
nothing was done
Hands Up
Don't Shoot!
Wake up
America!
Open
your eyes,
see the
pattern
here?
Hands Up
Don't Shoot!
Young black males
are
being murdered
and
their cases run cold -
While
the killer lives another
day,
to murder another
young
black male -
Hands Up
Don't Shoot!
They killed Michael Brown,
In Ferguson
Will something be done?
They killed Kajieme Powell,
In St. Louis
Will something be done?
Their
is a
pattern here -
and
it's Vile
as
Vomit,
across
the Red,
White, and Blue -
Hands Up
Don't Shoot!
They killed Sean Bell
In Queens
nothing was done
They killed Mac Dre
In Kansas City
nothing was done
Hands Up
Don't Shoot!
America,
We Want Justice -
Copyright © Ken Jordan | Year Posted 2014
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