Zahra Gordon

do we cry for brewer like we did troy?
do we kill the racists too?
do we forgive? is it human to forgive?
will i sign an amnesty international petition for king?
hoping they stay his execution
and knowingly shake my head at the news of his death
four hours and eight minutes later?
is there a difference between death by lethal injection
and death by severing a body from a head?
how many black babies with white blood in their veins
in their hair textures, smeared on their pale, in-between faces,
were not killed during slavery?
how many mothers nurtured children of rape?

Man executed for dragging death of James Byrd