GUILTY
Candace Nicholas-Lippman
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We Find the defendant GUILTY Wait Did you just say Guilty? Nah, see What's interesting Is this verdict Was placed upon me Before the very beginning Of my existence It was The color Of my skin The neighborhood I grew up in The food stamps Welfare system Broken home And second hand education Life Dealt me An unjust hand I Am the token Easily charged With fabricated crimes Coerced into guilty pleas Threatened and bullied Your Presumptions Made me susceptible To racial violence Wrongful convictions And unfair treatment Sometimes I imagine What the verdict Would be if I a White man But I was born At a disadvantage My melanin A beautiful Gift From God Was cursed By your Bigotry My Blackness Has always Been a target Viewed As an animal That must be caged So you create A system That automatically Sets Me up To lose So let me be clear your honor I was "guilty" Before I even walked in this courtroom
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