A Beautiful Day in in the Psychiatric // Garden
In memory of Nate
Policeman panicked & pulled the trigger // & Poof
The blue black boy beneath moonlight disappeared
Ignored by politicians // & Police without remorse
Again & again // A mountain folds into itself & sighs
It’s so American // The constant grieving of violets
Blooming state violence // What’s left to say
Anger’s the spit we swallowed // For centuries
The sunflowers burned // & Closed their eyes
We counted distance between bullets & our heads
The echo meant // He went to heaven ten blocks away
The freeway’s hands // So high above the clouds &
We tried not to jump // What’re our wary wings worth
If we wax our feathers // Would shootings cease
If we shaved our brows to sew a coat // Wouldn’t
He still be cold
Rights: Christopher Soto