15 JUNE MAN DOWN IN ATLANTA

OBEYING ORDERS HIS ARMS WERE ALREADY BEHIND HIS BACK WHEN SUDDENLY HE COULDN’T SUBMIT HIMSELF TO ANY MORE 

ABSURDITY OF IT COMING THIS FAR   DRINK OR TWO  ONLY A FEW SLEEPING IT OFF IN HIS OWN CAR 

‘IT’S LEGIT’  

WITH HIS SISTER’S HOUSE CLOSE BY+HIS DAUGHTER STAYING OVER  LET ME GO THERE NOW  

YOU GUYS COULD SEE HIM INDOORS AND NO RISK POSED TO PUBLIC ORDER   

BOTH SIDES KNOW THERE’S A GAME TO BE PLAYED  

POLITENESS (THEIRS) AND OPEN GESTURES (HIS) ONLY UNDERLINE THE MUTUAL SUSPICION    

UNTIL THE MOMENT WHEN THE PLASTIC TIES ARE ABOUT TO GO ON & HE GOES OFF ON ONE  

LIKE ENTERING PHASE TWO OF COVID-19  

HE’S TAKING HIS LAST CHANCE NOT TO HAVE TO TAKE ANY MORE   

WITHIN MINUTES RAYNARD BROOKS (27) HAS BEEN SHOT DEAD BY A POLICE OFFICER IN ATLANTA GEORGIA 

WISHING FOR AN END TO THE PANDEMIC OF POLICE KILLINGS                  

YOURS TRULY          

THE NEWS POET