Vendor Poetry & Writing

The New Gang (And Their Colors Are Death!)

BY TYRONE M.

They are the dirty Blue

And they’re coming for me/you

If you’re Black

Ain’t no goin’ to jail anymore

They’re shootin’ us in the cars

in the streets

in the house

Damn no relief!

Is it because we are Black?

Shootin’ us in the head

Shootin’ us in the back

Shootin’ us in the alleys Shootin’ us at home

Does anybody care? Or are we all alone?

Just shootin’ like racist fools on the run

In reality they not even cops.

They’re Neo-Nazis, The Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, the skin heads, the patriots of the revolution, the KKK, and many, many more.

They are infiltrating our law enforcement department in this nation.

It’s a modern day lynching happening all over this nation.

They’re killing everybody, including the babies.

Let’s start screening these idiots before they even get to the academy, and then we can weed them out.

I want justice!

Not Just us!

If you know a racist cop or work with one/if you don’t say anything, you are just as guilty as they are by not saying nothing about these

(Bigots)

Like Marvin Gaye said 50 years ago — trigger happy polices A racist posing as a law enforcement officer needs to be fired and tried

The new gang — racist polices and the colors — death

When they are killing us, the reason why, I don’t know.

I said a life for a life

No bail, no special nothing!

Put them in the prison in regular population.

(Justice Dept.) What are y’all going to do?

THE REALM

BY CHRISTOPHER W.

I'm at the helm

I’m in your head

I’m in your mind

No you’re not dead

And yes I’m kind

My mother is in heaven

My father is in Bedlam

Let me take you down thru there

Then you can pull out your hair

The realm is a kingdom owned by a God

And he says he made us out of sod

You get one shot in this realm

And you get to be at the helm

Cause when you do you will pay

And that could be any day

Legislative Terrorism

BY JEN A.

On Nov. 10, 2020, four days after our presidential election, the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus, who hold a supermajority in our state Senate, sent a letter with their individual signatures in support of Trump's big lie; that there had been "irregularities" of vote counts in key states and that the ultimate result of the election remained uncertain.

On Jan. 6, 2021, citizens of Tennessee, with at least the tacit approval of our state leaders were among the murderous horde that besieged our nation's capitol: the hallowed seat of our democracy. They were encouraged to believe they had the right, if not the duty, to do it by our Republican legislators.

So far, 11 Tennesseans have been apprehended by the FBI for their part in the insurrection. I wonder if they now realize they were duped pawns in the Republican's diabolical game. Time in jail may sober them to that reality. But, unfazed, the members of the Tennessee General Assembly have just sloughed off their outer layer of skin and continue their reign of terror against the citizens of our state.

The 112th Tennessee legislative session started off with a bang. A bill to allow Tennesseans to carry guns throughout the state without the need for a permit quickly moved through the legislature to the governor's desk. The legislation, vigorously promoted by Gov. Bill Lee, should strike terror in the hearts of every citizen of Tennessee.

It seems as though every day there is another news report about someone entering a business, or a school, or driving down the highway killing innocent people with a gun. For the legislature to promote further mayhem in our state is unconscionable. We need more hurdles to gun ownership in Tennessee — not fewer.

Not everyone has the maturity or the mental stability to roam the streets of our communities with a gun. It's time we called for an end to our legislature's reign of terror. They obviously do not care to protect our lives, the lives of our children, or the safety of our communities.

Hate crime (Targeting Asian Americans)

BY TYRONE M.

Asian Americans since last March have been the target of and victims of more than 3,500 crimes in their country. These are Americans and why are they being targeted? Because Trump’s racist rhetoric about Asian Americans. Some people think the Asians are responsible for this terrible virus. Asian citizens are being beaten, sprayed, stabbed and cut. And the children of the American citizens are being assaulted, on playgrounds, on the streets, and in shopping malls. This virus COVID-19 could have possibly started in Wuhan, China. Tell me how in the hell can these Asian citizens over here in the United States are responsible? Don’t make no sense to me, or nobody else.

Then comes this racist guy going in to these spas and killing eight people. Then, after getting arrested, he had the nerve to tell the arresting officer, “I was just having a bad day.”

The crimes against Black Americans have been going on for hundreds of years against my Black brothers and sisters. No one person or race should be subject to this kind of hate, agony, pain and assault. I’m so damn glad they passed that law.