“If I made art about every pain I’ve felt unjustly, I would be swimming in accolades for great American books. I would take back every word I’ve written if it ended this. America is the worst group project.” WritingArtPainAmericaPoetryBooksPoemFlaws Author:KB Brookins
“The American government can only do what systems driven by green paper, violence & ache can do.” GovernmentAmericaPoetryMoneyViolencePoemTrauma Author:KB Brookins
“My therapist says take it easy as if capitalism is listening. As if the body will ever forget what it is given. I am Black which is history, personified.” PoetryHistoryPoemCapitalismTherapyAfrican AmericansBlacks Author:KB Brookins