I wrote this poem over 11 years ago on the night of Shaka Sankofa’s execution. As we await word on Troy Davis, I’m reminded. I feel the same now as I did then. For Shaka (6-22-00) amerikkkan euphemisms transform murder into injection barbaric vengeance into justice smirking politicians pass another buck duck responsibility in the [...]
Archive for September, 2011
We have not forgotten.
September 11th, 2011
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We have not forgotten. I have not forgotten. Today, on the tenth anniversary of 9/11/2001, I remember my “friend I never met,” Matthew Horning. I remember his coworkers at Marsh and McLennan and all the others who died on that day at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, Shanksville and the planes. I remember the heroes [...]
