A ordinary day



“Freeze, don’t move, hands to the sky”
“What’s the hell’s going on?”
“Man is you high?”
“Is I’m being arrested?”
“Not yet, detained”
“I can’t believe this”
“This is insane.”
“Oh, now I’m being arrested?”
“Then what’s the charge?”
“Robbery?”
“Assault?”
“Black man at large?”
“I fit the description”
“Man, that picture is not me”
“That’s a 20 year old “
“I’m elderly
“I’m free to go?”
“ Be on my way “
“ A ordinary life”
“ Of a ordinary day.”
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Written on November 20, 2022

Submitted by etwashin14 on February 11, 2024

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A ordinary day

 · 1968 · Syracuse, NY

Eric T. Washington (ETW) graduated from Syracuse University with a BA in Psychology, AA and AS degree from Onondaga Community College in the fields of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Labor Studies and a AOS degree from Bryant & Stratton College. Lover and writer of traditional poetry. more…

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