WHO I BELONG TO

I am an American man.
I am a brown skinned American man.
I am a brown skinned American black man.
I am a brown skinned American black man belonging to who?

I am American!
I am American African!
I am American African Native...
I am American African Native American combined into a racist's wet dream!

I have lived half a century.
I have lived half a century introspectively.
I have lived half a century introspectively crying!
I have lived half a century introspectively crying for my lost humanity.

Being a black American sucks!
Being a black American sucks poison!
Being a black American sucks poison death!
Being a black American sucks poison death from lead bullets and politics!

My psyche is under assault.
My psyche is under assault, constantly.
My psyche is under assault, constantly daily.
My psyche is under assault, constantly daily by blackfaced racist!

I often wonder why.
I often wonder why hatred.
I often wonder why hatred exists.
I often wonder why hatred exists in racist minds in my American dream.

Who do I belong to?
Who do I belong to here?
Who do I belong to here today?
Who do I belong to here today as I search for my identity?

My American dream...
My American dream nightmare...
My American dream nightmare slices...
My American dream nightmare slices me to the core of my soul!

Is my soul mine?
Is my soul mine forever?
Is my soul mine forever, unless?
Is my soul mine forever, unless it is stripped from me by my racist country?

I am an American man.
I am a brown skinned American man.
I am a brown skinned American black man.
I am a brown skinned American black man belonging to who?

RLJ

Those So Blinded By The Cell Phone

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/10/20895629-absorbed-smartphone-users-oblivious-to-gunman-before-fatal-calif-train-shooting

I do not own a smart phone.

I NEVER carry a cell phone on my person.

My old flip phone stays on a desk in a back room.

I will not allow that monster to rule my soul.

I will NEVER be seen walking a street with my head, 

And consciousness, 

Buried in the frightening glow of a cellular phone!

My awareness will always be on my physical surroundings!

When I was in my twenties...

If I wanted to use the telephone I had to physically get off my ass and walk over to the phone, pick it up and place it to my ears.

I had to use physical effort to move my body to take a call.

When I was in my twenties...

If I was out in the public,

I would have to seek out a telephone to make a call.

My legs would have to propel my body to a telephone.

When I was in my twenties...

If my attention was focused on something in my hand,

When I was on the street walking somewhere,

That object in my hand would be... a book!

When I was in my twenties...

I always knew what was happening around me.

I never walked into a wall and broke my nose because...

My very soul was blinded by a blinding cell phone!

Why are so many people soulless wanderers today?

Because they only interact with the images of electricity.

Only, this electricity never gives a lethal shock...

Until you walk in front of a bus and your neurons are extinguished! 

The world still moves around you with kinetic force,

Even while you bury your head in the cell phone sand.

And when someone dies two feet in front of you -- 

And you are oblivious -- It is time to drop that goddamn smart phone!

RLJ