Wednesday, August 27, 2014

#LastWords (For John Crawford III #RIP) - a Tanka poem




#LastWords

(For John Crawford III #RIP 8.5.14)

Just shopping while Black
Young man, toy gun in hand – BANG!
Bloody. Walmart. Floor.
These three words spieled - "It’s not real"

Killed! Cop blows smoke off hot steel
 

Tara S. Gause
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