Deaf
As I started to write this poem I thought
Maybe I should change the TV station in my psyche
This program is too violent.
Someone wanted to make a movie about me
And decided to create the action first.
I remember standing in East St. Louis
In the middle of a Saturday night
After hitchhiking,
Freshly graduated from high school
Across the USA
And a Black man on a bicycle
Accosted me
Gave me filth about my sister
And finally let me go with the words, “you suck.” ...