“I am sick of writing this poem but bring the boy. his new name his same old body. ordinary, black dead thing. bring him & we will mourn until we forget what we are mourning & isn’t that what being black is about?”— Danez Smith, sadeandriazabala.comTagged: Black Lives Matter, Poetry, Police Brutality
“I demand a war to bring the dead boy back no matter what his name is this time.”— Danez Smith, sadeandriazabala.comTagged: Black Lives Matter, Poetry, Police Brutality