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Dylan's Rooftop


They found him at a stop light 250 miles North of Charleston early the next morning. After what you'd think was just a simple guy driving through the night getting stopped routinely by the cops. Well if all didnt know. There were a few who knew about it.. This hate crime dating back to the early 1800s of times. Dylan Rooftop... White male.. 21 yrs old... Harvesting these cruel thoughts and day dreams of thought out schemes... He say's he was mad at the world and knew of a better way.. To go and grab the blammer... Hide it..  To  paint a portrait of a man looking for solitude from his worldy woes.... Those that watched him walk into the sactuary thats what they saw.... But yet this man lived by a law.. That blacks and whites dont mix. Blacks shouldnt exist. Young brothers from strong black mothers have no place on this earth... Well Dylans Rooftop popped.... Then gunshots were shot... 9 bodys went down... 1 left wounded.. While bodies dropped this man too was suppose to die... Thats what he said... So while that gun was locked and loaded, Cocked and aimed.. Orchastrated to  bring pain and for us to now remember those slain... Dylans rooftop wasn't on that list of casualties... White supremacy flags waiving in  the depths of his spiraling mind while shooting the whole time... Black lives pass.. While we see these things happen and are told rascist flags stand at half mast. Willie Lynch laws never written but seeming like they've been passed.  So when I wake up and hear of the terrible things like this happening in a town like Charleston. I wish I can bring all my ppl too C.H.A.R.L.E.S.T.O.W.N. Were there are none bound... Chains and Shackles set free.. To occupy our own land deceased of transparency... Open eyes for all of us to see and decree that we can live equale and No man beneath... No this isnt the last time... No this wasn't the first time... Why must we see this right in our face painful sting from the spray of mace... Or protected like that bullet proof vest that was worn on his chest.... One day We'll be Free. Long live all of the victoms that have passed away at this memorial.....
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An_Ashed_Phoenix

Im just a young brotha with words on mind. Trying to find some time to feed yall these lines and my makes some dimes. While hoping yall feel these ryhmes.

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An_Ashed_Phoenix
Thank you @Julie. G. Feel free to check outnmy others
Julien E.G
<p>Lol I think spoken word poetry is the big thing now. I love your piece though</p>
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