It seems the right moment (say their names: Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd) to re-publish the weird nerdy retro-slam poem I wrote a few years ago. It's not been updated. 2019 copyright Steve McGlamery
Eric shoulda not
resisted
Eric shoulda not resisted garner sellin’ doze eyeloveloosies
didn’t he staten know that was a ‘spectable hood ny pantaleo hadda takimdown
John looked dangerous crawford pointing that III gun at walmart
shoppers (nflers brought ‘im to notice) that cracker called and oh williams for
the public safety hadda takimdown
Levar no quick moves jones getcher regis bam quick trig soc groubert
just about (not thank god dead) tookimdown
Tamir threatenin’ the public rice looked older who knew it was
just a toy tackle his sister cuffer and thrower in back oh loehmann in 2 secs hadda
takimdown
Eric don’t do th’crime harris wasn’t reserve dep’s fault
certified sort of ok bates oops haddit comin’ tookimdown
Walter shouldn’t a run scott noc slager’d still be a cop
‘cept for that video thrown to the wolves ‘cause he in cold blood tookimdown
David failure to follow orders washington are you on drugs sprayed
and tased runover foot va jerkins you understand hadda kinda (still alive) takimdown
Freddie why’d you run gray knee in neck shackled no strap
give ‘im a ride alright whole m(a)d gang of them hadda takimdowntowndown
All of ‘em haddit comin’ no not gonna mention michael
handsup (bs) holdup brown but mo collardcops needed a little corruption here
and there tookimdown
Bryant heyward rekia boyd akai gurley thaddeus mccarroll cedric
bartee tony robinson enuffnow jonathan Ferrell we getcher point daniel please covarru
stop bias the protectorservers tookemalldown
Ervin tasered to death Edwards big deal tanisha bodyslammed
anderson so what Natasha tased and died mckenna doesn’t prove noth
Abner (who?) louima (wait) amadou (huh?) diallo (hold it)
ousmane (really?) zongo (how far back you gonna?) sean (gimme a break!) bell (no
more!) rodney (don’t say it!!) cali (whew) kerner (there’s a blast from the) commishking
(dammit!) and so on and so forth and on and on
Who’s the brute reality?
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