PoemsBrowse PoemsSlamsFresh DropEchoes
LearnWriting TipsPoetry TermsPoets & ArtistsBooksFor Teachers
ExplorePoetry GenomePoem MapEchoesTake ActionGroups
AboutWrite a PoemDonateSign UpLog In

Click Clack


Click clack pow! Sad to say that today we have lost the greatest icon known to live in our day Gone but not forgotten posted on the corner with teddy bears and balloons saying “you’ll never be forgotten” But you was already for gotten to the streets when he pulled that trigger and blood skeeted from your wound onto the cold concrete Now we will spend a moment in silence to remember our beloved lost one Sad to say that no one ever acknowledged your name you was just another African American on the street corners dealing dope to create a name Do you know you’re taking a life when you puff puff pass a bag to the next hand? When they light it up and inhale the exotic fumes that dance around in their body and shoot up every brain cell that their parents spent 9 months creating? While you on the corner slanging think about the price you will be paying See each person they bring in is another stack I’m just saying So they making money off you, no I’m not playing You see because the ones that think they know it all will receive all, and go through it all But no sir you will never have it all If you had it all you would have never been forgotten because like I said in the beginning you are that great icon we lost today To a click clack pow !
©All Rights Reserved

Something wrong with this poem?

Share

Replies are closed for this poem.

angelafrench

I am a Sophomore at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale

View all poems →

Your Poem's Voice

See what makes your poem unique — its voice, energy, themes, and the literary traditions it draws from.

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.

Log in to leave a comment.