“When I kill me, I will Do it the same way most Americans do, I promise you: cigarette smoke Or a piece of meat on which I choke Or so broke I freeze In one of these winters we keep Calling worst. I promise if you hear Of me dead anywhere near A cop, then that cop killed me.” DeathPoetryPoemMurderPoliceSmokingPolice Brutality Book:The Tradition Source: The Tradition
“I will not shoot myself In the head, and I will not shoot myself In the back, and I will not hang myself With a trashbag, and if I do, I promise you, I will not do it In a police car while handcuffed Or in the jail cell of a town I only know the name of Because I have to drive through it To get home.” DeathPoetryDangerPoemMurderPoliceAfrican AmericansBlacksPolice Brutality Book:The Tradition Source: The Tradition
