Just Beyond the Staten Island Ferry
Just beyond the Staten Island Ferry
I saw a high school student, elated
Over his successful hand-feeding
Of a peanut to a squirrel.
The nigger took the peanut
right out of my hand!
He shouted to his friends,
As the squirrel darted back
Behind the brush.
November 3, 2016
ha!
ReplyDeleteYou captured a whole very specific time period in history in just those few lines. Bravo.
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