Saturday, August 18, 2012


I am Troy Davis

On eleventh hour,

lethal injection recalled petitions
seizure crowd over waters
Europe aboard break even hearts
denied clemency remnance odd complaints
innocence barely breathing
off duty cop's murder
admittingly trade racial tension
these 80s addressing early nineties
caucasian demographic no ceiling on a life
priceless wounds blind
assailant, victim parental waiting
no church in the wild shocking nerves
answers reconcile overpass questions
leading evidence, witness
testimonials embedded Georgia even Ray Charles reverberates
wrong civil unrest honest pelt
estrange crime accessory risk wrong placement
presence badge number on a un-necessary grave
served time, than freedom
penance what faithless after lens
twentieth century premeditated fight left
anchored by millions upon assembled cause
speakerphone could assess connected
excess solidarity change world's a stage
podium defiant image ventilation than a process
exploitation America's African thought out insignia
burning crosses forward need clarification
identify martyr credentials remembrance
former alumni President Carter, Pope Benedict XVI
un-declared statements denied
beautiful knife irony next day convicted killer
white remorseful jury given penance
color blind those of eleven of seven
found guilty unanimous written firing squad
brigade innocence went to the grave
proven point truth in nail becomes dull
jeopardy integrity no re-trial
substance beyond negligence defining moment
prior trending topic
justified by rappers justice refutes just us
courtroom exempt contempt judge
man's convictions withheld severity underbelly prejudice

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