Ruchell Magee Must Be Set Free!
Elder, brother, comradeā¦Been gone
too longā¦
Wanted in the Black Communityā
Watts writ large!
If 1619 started itāebony/ivoryā
teenage attraction
Jim Crowās watchāupped the ante!
Deep South apartheid stench/Emmett
Till terror/Pitched battles on blood riversā¦
What could the boy be but Black rapist?
Bullwhip warped minds of white menā
What could this be but āMasterāsā
midnight visits to slave quartersāPrying
apart Black thighsāoverruling cries, pleas,
Love?
What could the boy be but Black rapist?
Crackers coveted Choctaw landā
Black soil matteredā¦
More than visiting terrorāor
Another muddy, mutilated body in Mississippi
or another Dixie river. Crackers coveting
Choctaw land put the boy in his plantation placeā¦
Crackers coveting Choctaw land gifted 8 Angola yrs,
Under horseback-ridin, shot-gun-totin, tobacco-spittin
gaze; Under King Cottonās rule; Gifted target embroidered
Jacketā Gifted exile to: City of Angels/ruled by devilsā¦
Elder, brother, comradeā¦Been gone
too longā¦
Wanted in the Black Communityā
Watts writ large!
His numbers are no longer:
ā6-3-4-5-7-8-9ā
no longer:
āBeechwood 4-5-7-8-9ā
far too long his numbers been:
#A92051 #T115ā 83āCaged since ā63ā
60 yrs of vengeance-driven torture!
Elder, brother, comradeā¦Been gone
too longā¦
Wanted in the Black Communityā
Watts writ large!
Visualize him homeāsun splashing light comic
book bright colors of L.A. murals!
Visualize him home, pulling three-deep lines snaked
āround crooked cornersā¦holding youth centers, senior
centers, libraries, bookstores captive.
Visualize him homeāspace, light, air, freedom to stretch
out in sensory overload!
Elder, brother, comradeā¦Been gone
too longā¦
Wanted in the Black Communityā
Watts writ large!
No moā Golden State gulag/COVID
concentration campā
No moā Octogenarian barrister behind bars
law book-liftingāiron-pumping mind:
No moā memoranda, motion, writ and plea
No moā heroic, litigiousāWar of the Fleaā
No moā symbol of strength/wisdom of treeā
People, Ruchell Magee must be set Free!
Governor, Ruchell Magee must be set Free!
People, Ruchell Magee must be set Free!
Ā© 2023. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.
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