Why I abhor being Black in the USA in '23...

15MAR2023; 0501, WED– Maryland, USA

Darrow defended Scopes; meanwhile my Peeps can't hardly cop scope. If they try a "snatch and grab", then they're stared at thru scopes.

Why'd I have to help SEALs snatch and grab Iraqis from their beds; before I even had to buy a bed? I could carry an M4 down the streets of Baqubah; tho not quite ready for another night of dread.

Everyday I could've sworn I wouldn't make it to see 21. Just because I played the game of toting my gun.

Sure; I signed up for it knowingly. On the real tho, I can't forget what the Army's still showing me.

Some 11 plus years of being out. And just shy of constantly releasing an inner shout.

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