if you go out at night
don’t put your hoodie on
and whatever you do
don’t brandish skittles, son
if at all possible
try not to be black
some poor person might feel
threatened by your presence
and have to take you out
in cold-blooded self-defense
only standing their ground
chasing you down
and if you think that we live in a post-racial world
then you’re wrong
and it’s hard to know if we will ever all just get along
will we ever get rid of the
George Zimmermans of the world?
I don’t know
I hope so