SIDEARM

________

 

In the 'hood,

man's best friend

isn't

a dog.

An honour

normally belonging

to a Pitbull

goes to 

his more trusted friend

 

Browning, Sig-Sauer, Glock, Smith & Wesson, Tec-9.

 

Different names

depending on the block

& the owner's hands.

 

& like

any trained

Rottweiler,

enraged,

baring sharp

teeth,

 

they're lethal when used.

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W: 8.22.19

 

[ From the book Boneyard: Poems And Songs Of African Struggle And Survival

In The U.$., POOR Press, 2010 / Phoenix Voices Publishing, 2025. ]