i found a watch and some liquor in the backseat
Back seat of old timer car
we were never granted permission to be young.
i found a watch and some liquor in the backseat
we was already guilty
when we found the keys
even in the bright of day
sun stealing glow off
shine
near the high school downtown
close to the bars and the
bus line
our melanin catching light too
and we was still dead wrong
for taking that shit
but
y’all know :
what we look like
and
history should know by now :
what was taken from us
even
the national narrative knows :
how to say
we were never granted permission
to be young.
Z is a Black, transMasculine, disabled, queer femmeBoi from New Haven, CT who enjoys eating ginger, strolling through snowy winters and smoking organic herbal blends through a wooden pipe like a Grandpa. Catch more of their work at ZBell12193.wixsite.com/