The President is unethical,
The congress is thin on backbone
Bereft of complex thought.
Ignorant, demented white men
Armed weekend patriots.
Armed black men
Dead first strapped later.
I went online seeking facts
That matched my own
Of course, I was right.
Looking people in the eye
Has become an intrusion
While our thumbs grow powerful
Our necks bend
As we disappear into the palm of our hands
Robert Earl Price (us/we) is an African American screenwriter, playwright, and poet. He is a recipient of the American Film Institute’s William Wyler award for screenwriting, an NEA fellowship for poetry, a Cultural Olympics commission for theater, and a Maryland Individual Artist Award. He is a protégée of Oscar recipient Jan Kadar, Emmy and Pulitzer awardee Alex Haley. Price is the author of five books of poetry and has had twelve plays produced in American regional theaters and abroad in Berlin and Johannesburg