A.D. Winans
When a Black Boy Walks Home Alone At Night
who would have thought
skittles and ice tea
was a death sentence
not even Dr. Ozwhen a black boy with a dream
walks home alone at nighthard rain falling
lady death whisper in the air
a boy with a dream
walks home at night
to watch an all-star basketball gamegunned down by a wanna-be cop
and Florida’s “stand your ground”
license to kill lawwhen a black boy with a dream
walks home alone at nightjustice denied
by a poor prosecution team
and a judge’s tortured
jury instructions
for fear the verdict
might be overturned on appealwhen a black boy with a dream
walks home alone at nightno appeal for Trayvon
no appeal for the dead
in the State of Florida wherea young black boy
must forever fear
to walk home alone
in the dark of night
always within a legal
sniper’s gun sightwhen a black boy with a dream
walks home alone at nightlock and load the chamber
no safety on the gun
make it as black as the night
holster it at the back hip
to keep it from sightknow the law is on your side
black is black white is white
it’s OK to shoot on sightwhen a black boy with a dream
walks home alone at night
A.D. Winans is a native San Francisco poet who is geographically challenged and long ago lost the map to where he was going.
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