I watch as they enter vehemently
Officer Hawkins and his goddess of a wife.
I curse them both quietly
and this day he entered my life.
I glared into his face silently
and he glared back into mine.
The wife seemed not to care for either of us,
but seemed neither mean nor kind.
The Officers threw him in handcuffs
and read their dear friend his rights.
He swore up and down he didn't do this,
Say what this filthy girl (me) might.
I looked at him with flat out contempt
saying "They found your semen in side me."
The fight seemed to go out of him all at once
There wasn't any way out that he could see.
But the officers still tried to defend him,
saying that they believed him without a doubt
And he shouted to them to lock me up,
they could not dare let me out.
And then an expression of fierce malice,
broke through his previous one of desolute.
Saying that rape victim or not,
I was still under arrest for being a prostitute.
They threw me in a cell that was adjacent,
making sure that it wasn't the same one.
And Hawkins looked positively pissed,
as if he would shoot me hd he had his gun.
I eyed him as if he were an insolent bug
that would nerve be able to do any harm.
And made the mistake of walking too close
so he was able to grab my already bruised arm.
He seemed to snarl like an animal right in my face
Calling me a whore, a bitch, and a slut while drenching me in spit
He swore though these officers seemed skeptical
No rightful juror would believe this bullshit.
I looked him in the eye with my best feline smile
"I'll make them believe me" I snarled right back.
And he slapped me quick and hard so I fell to the ground
but I was already springed and ready to attack.
I jumped toward the bars barely managing to scratch
and screamed that I hated him and wanted to see him rot
That he was a worthless and disgusting bastard,
and would have kept screaming as he lay upon his cot.
Until I heard a sharp gasp that no one seemed to notice,
and his wife smiled at me smugly as if she suddenly knew.
I was sure if there was a case brought up
and I called her to the stand what she would do.
Her husband swore the judge would never EVER believe me
and that he would make hell of my life.
And I kept my cool and said quietly,
"I can probably get him to because of one person. Your Wife."
This is more common than
This is more common than people know...or at least was in the past. There also, were groups of people in law enforcement who had huge grudges about blacks and the civil rights era. Those whites who stood up for equality who had children were targets for some of those in high places who had no conscience about luring a child of a parent who took part in the movement into some subculture, then photographing the child in the act, and mailing it to the parent in attempt to sway them or strongarm them into going against their belief that blacks were equal. There are many stories that wil never be heard, only pictures left in safety boxes after death of the parent to trusted friends. Fascinating stories for future generations, though, to know about in the area of racial history of America....when the people are ready to accept the truth....some unfortunately, I am sure, will never accept it. It's too ugly...way too ugly for them to fathom.
...and he asked her, "do you write poetry? Because I feel as if I am the ink that flows from your quill."
"No", she replied, "but I have experienced it. "
I like your insight into
I like your insight into that. And no matter how difficult or ugly the truth may be there is no way they can ever really fully escape it though we may whol-heartedly try to. The truth about racism and equality as well as everyday evils that seem to be pressing down on generations today is an ugly truth that the nation is still refusing to recognize but one day they won't actually have a choice.
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.” -- Elvis Presley
I think he was right. We try and hide ourselves from the truth but like the sun its going to rise each morning and shine an unforgiving light on us and our lives.
I agree,
and with these stories, man I can't wait till the .. how do they say? "Shit hits the fan?!" XD
"We are, Each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another." -Luciano De Crescenzo