Trouble


(for James Byrd Jr.- 49, dragged to death on June 8, 1998 in Jasper, Texas)




If you're black, brown, red, or yellow in America,
you don't have to go looking for trouble, 
it will find you.
It knows your name,
where you live, 
your telephone number, too,
and lives in your left knee,
crippling you, 
then offering you a ride home.



					Brandywine
					6/12/98
			

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