Claude Neal
Not a rarity
Not an oddity
Not minority
Not majority
In and out
living wildly
living vainly
absorbing nothing
doing every
thing
insulting
disgusting
vile villains of mine
race
human
ending giving
doing things
thought of lynching
singing birds
linger
on shoulders
baring nothing
give me
eyes plucked out
penis chopped
off to see
a future from the past
Ted Bundy
not a rarity
culture product
ever growing
never giving
Ted Bundy
hangs with them
while hanging
them
for tea
pats on back
rarity
is kindness
death is common
ever growing
seeking
satisfaction
at another’s death
At 14
At 12
At 8
babies crying
waiting watching
joining in
He saw
Florida
lynching
here
lynching there
lynching eeeeeeeevery
where
Where’s my Emmett
Where’s my Till
Where’s my baby
standing still
waiting
screaming
maybe crying
thinking wildly
praying loudly
hanging strongly
finally gently
I could call you
never mind you
thinking if you
would you
could you
be a killer
serial type
other Bundies
millions trillions
never hiding
never lying
truth?
wherever justice be
not here
not there
damn you anywhere
