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Kevin Rashid Johnson

tigereyes

TIGER EYES (2023)

 

Tiger eyes
behind them lies
not just vision
but shadows and
visions
indecision
born of loss
pain undeserved
cries kept in reserve
sharp as razor-severed
nerves
her deliverence
nigh
she questions why
it took so long
for this love

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copskid

NO GOOD COPS (2023)

 

the game of
control is old
good cops think they slick
when they’re nothing
but the opposite method
of control from the stick
it’s just a trick
they’re the carrot
the siren’s song
the honey to capture
flies when

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I Can't Breathe

STRANGLED HISTORY (2023)

I Can’t Breathe

 

hidden from history
so few mentions
black bodies hanging
those horrid lynchings

amerika’s fingers
ever pointed abroad
condemnation of other nations
its righteousness a fraud

what crimes more outrageous
what motives more insane
what offenses qualify

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hands

MOTHER (2023)

 

she gifted the world
with your life
her own sacrificed
that you might
learn and grow
blossom and know
your way around
places people and things unkind
through difficult times
no greater bind
than her’s
like roots to branch

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rolemodels

ROLE MODELS (2023)

 

youth defy words
but imitate deeds
so it matters little who they’ve heard
but most those they see
behaviorally
they’re reflective
not introspective
hence role models
are what we
should aim to be
this is key
to the need

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