Brooks Reitz

Henderson, Kentucky

When I was young, I used to use the phrase, "kyotie me." This was the beginning of a newfound maturing legacy of Jack the Rat poetry. At that young age, I was becoming a poet, and I didn't even know it. Yet, over the years, I have developed many poems, and have been published many times. My hobbies include guitar, writing songs, music (Bob Dylan, Beatles etc.), basketball, girls, screenplay writing, underwater basket weaving, and I was lead astronaut on Flight 1369 Apollo 6. Many people don't know that I am the person that the cartoon Smurfs were crafted after, and I sold the theory of relativity to Einstein for spare change. I now have a theory about ducks, that the difference between a duck is one of his legs is both the same. I love the movies, "Pulp Fiction", "From Dusk till Dawn", and "Kids". All summed up, I believe the reason bananas have ears is simply because puple, for ice cream has no bones. Thank you.

Luxury

As I walk to the farmer's market,
just down the street
traces from yesterday's murder,
still draw crowds and the victims blood still reeks,
The guns and knives of this community,
are pulling us down,
making us weak.
And there are rats in our houses,
and the pipes leak.
Just a few days ago,
the boy across the street,
hung himself from his bunk bed,
because the boy's dad was mean,
and the boy was always beat.
It will get better,
everyone says,
but all around us,
people are dead.
are we living in a luxury?....zzzz....

Power to the People

Power to the people,
stomp your feet,
Hold up your signs,
exercise freedom of speech,
take a chance,
beat the heat.
Let me see the fists
scream a little harder,
see that, women being arrested,
for speaking of something she believes?
guard her.
They think they're being hurt on their side,
take a look at ours,
we get shot in the head,
boy!! Believing in something you know is right,
is really,
awfully hard.

I Dropped Out of School

Oh yeah B,
I be paying dat rent,
but dat 2 bucks
is da' best I ever spent.
Day got runnin water,
all up in here,
My lady's so happy,
she be all screaming up in mine's ear.
Yesterday,
some punkin' m.c. down da street,
be tryin to break in my crib,
I glocked em in his melon.
Nobody be comin' up here,
when I ain't wantin em',
Even if day escape,
I's be huntin em' shuu...
school be suckin'...