homicide? Murder?
quickly a cold case
who was this angry?
unfathomable
a confused frenzy
many suspects
yellow black tape
police detectives
investigate
body found
tightly bound
tied and gagged
crime scene
murder
kill
Conquer and divide
Truth is put aside
Freedoms continually denied
Propaganda is how they've always lied
A world through armies forever homicide
The time has now come to stem this evil tide
Spread the word of love that comes from deep inside
Heal the wounds of separation of a gulf that's far and wide
Each individual come together a loving collective we must urgently decide
they strap him in like a free bank toaster —
leather belts immobilize the limbs,
the priest muttering fairy tales
while the switch man cleared his throat.
rectum stuffed with cotton--
next comes the electric hum —
Seventeen hundred volts--
a deep, angry silence —
then every nerve throws up
at once.
eyes cook and bulge behind the mask,
tongue swells like a drowning rat,
flesh jerks against the state’s approval
and no one flinches —
some of them are aroused.
the room smells like pennies and pork
and still —
some hack writes in the logbook:
“justice is served on a silver plate.”
I'm just stepping out of line.
I've missed my time to shine,
But don't mourn me;
My soul will soon run free.
Preparing for the long goodbye,
Few know when or why.
Accepting what they can't deny;
In the silence, I hear them cry.
Others are taken by surprise;
Love ones left with only whys.
Hearts and lives suddenly broken.
No goodbyes ever spoken.
When the body ages by and by
And all you do is wait to die,
Life loses its appeal
And the Great Mystery is real.
Life is a play of many acts.
The stage is set and life reacts.
We all must take that final bow;
Only time will tell exactly how.
The End
With one smoking gun,
I make a good living.
I'm a Squire for hire,
And I'm unforgiving.
I'm real blue steel,
Like a midnight thriller.
I'm primetime crime,
And a certified killer.
With fire and desire,
I'm the best in town.
The Devil on the level,
And I'll put you down.
High priced and enticed,
To get the job done.
No shame in the game,
And I do it for fun.
With eyes on the prize,
And finger on the trigger.
The blush from the rush,
And nothing is bigger.
To endeavor forever,
I never want to stop.
Money is the honey,
And the cherry on top.
Verbicide is sometimes committed in my works
Those works could be perdures forever
Aborted babs
Untimely deaths
Homicide with our tax dollars is that righteous
A child that never gets a chance at life
I am not a savant but this is wrong
Will we as a nation get our comeuppance
What? eternal life~ heaven?
What? eternal life~hell?
I hope heaven
I hope not hell
I
I tried not to mention the crime
Siblings, it is high time
America stopped self-flagellation,
Self-hate, self-abnegation
II
I feel for him, brother George ("of the earth")
I came close, but saved by a different birth
To feel the accusing eyes: "Me, the evil one"
Only because I stayed in school, joined the run
III
Black America wants to drive, play ... like us
Tired of fighting for a seat, decades after Rosa Parks
George Floyd is a hero for having lived BLACK
A remnant yells, "Deport the upstarts. Send 'em back"
Poetry in judgment,
condemner of expression
Poetry in judgment
—killer of truth
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
Have any of you peeps heard of the latest craze
Stuffing pepper up your nose till your mind's ablaze
You think of suicide
With a friend by your side
Unless the friend objects, then it's homicide portrayed
HOMICIDE
I shot him,
Blood allover the walls,
Night ain't real,
Scavengers poking his body,
Children screaming and panting,
Am numb,speechless and arrogant.
Silence is the environment,
Dark is the light,
Dead body still and not moving,
Anybody here is the question,
Scattered this and that,
Just a humble man that i killed.
Crime is not what i did,
But why i did it is the crime,
Hear everybody no races are better,
The man was respected,
Heard he had a daughter and son,
Why shot him?am mad,
No, I am and I don't regret.
Their race ain't superior like mine,
Am a prophet of God and he is a servant,
Stay still and do what i ask,
No more mercy,you understand,
You black snakes and chimpanzees,
Kneel for me and my master,
Or i shoot another man.
Homicide
Homs Damascus Allepo
Home to homeless rubicon
Haunted hangman’s habitat
Humanity castrated
Hosts of hegemomial
Holocaustic genocide
Harvest of hypocrisy
7-7-7-7-7-7-7 checked
howmanysyllables.com
27th September 2016
Homicide what am I no other then death,body,you who made a bad decision,stealer of dreams I am blood linking out ur body I am death knight I come when u think u are a gangster and u think u are untouchable,protector,in the wrong place at the wrong time,when u don't mind ur business but I show u there no more life in u ur just my victims who cry to me and said why me I said because u act stead of thinking I said stop and think am I worth it
Justified Homicide
While words roll on and cameras turn
The sea beats the "saviours" and the fires burn
Within the depths of the watery grave
Of men not old, not young, not brave.
Just normal men who had a life
A child or two, a home, a wife.
No super powers did they possess
To live this way - before this mess.
Remember too, this is not the first!
Nor the last while there are those who thirst
For power, for profit, and social aplomb
From their share in extracting hydrocarbon!!!!!!
15 July 1988
Death pain in Texas
Kimberley executed
Legal homicide
The singing is about to end,
Happy Birthday, my little friend.
Please think before killing me,
I’m just a cake candle, you see.
One exhale from you and I’m out.
If I had lungs, you’d bet I’d shout.
I want to live and grow hearty,
Not die at a birthday party.
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