Was
By Benjamin Herrington
He was-
Not is
Not will be
He was…14 years old
We shouldn’t have to refer to children
In the past tense but,
He was-
Full of potential never to be known
He was-
A kid being a kid, anywhere but here
He was-
The sum of the collection of the dreams of Caribbean immigrants
He was-
A motherless child in a wilderness of children who shared similar circumstance
He was-
Another number, a target, an object
He was-
Gunned down and left to die in vacant lot-
An act only justified by the police review board
He was-
A victim of the system that created and then destroyed him
He was-
Aquan Salmon, age 14, murdered by Officer Robert Allen on April 13,1999
He was.
By Benjamin Herrington
He was-
Not is
Not will be
He was…14 years old
We shouldn’t have to refer to children
In the past tense but,
He was-
Full of potential never to be known
He was-
A kid being a kid, anywhere but here
He was-
The sum of the collection of the dreams of Caribbean immigrants
He was-
A motherless child in a wilderness of children who shared similar circumstance
He was-
Another number, a target, an object
He was-
Gunned down and left to die in vacant lot-
An act only justified by the police review board
He was-
A victim of the system that created and then destroyed him
He was-
Aquan Salmon, age 14, murdered by Officer Robert Allen on April 13,1999
He was.
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