white boys

Do you remember when playing with
A toy gun with 12 year-old black skin
Meant instant death
And no one batted a white eye?

Or, 
when five black and brown teens 
spent 6-13 years in prison
For a crime they didn’t commit
While the newspapers ran a full length attack ad
from the President of the Divided States of America? 

Or do you remember those same teens
(Falsely accused)
Getting invited
To dine on hamburgers and lies
While the White House
Patted themselves on
The backbones of the marginalized and vulnerable?
(No. You don't. Because they didn’t.)

the White Boy is always
innocent
even in the middle of his 
Violence and Aggression.
Because the White Boy always:
Writes the stories
Sells the papers
Makes the money
Reflects the power.

And no one remembers 
The 12 year-old on the playground
Who stopped breathing because of a bullet
And an author
That only writes stories
For White Boys. 

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