Friday Night


friday night 
the bullet ripped
through torso
crack bone
entered lung
blood spurts
from lips
his teeth colored
he gurgles
he chokes
on 43rd
he is 
seventeen
just turned
he just 
learned
his length
he holds him
his manhood
the blood
seeps
he coughs
he wants
to spit
the bullet up
he hears
circle
envy
leaves
first
then 
pride 
the sky
gets 
small
one 
flash
light
beam
then 
dark

written by
KEITH ANTAR MASON
[This poem was donated from D Knowledge's book
'Catch the Fire:
A Cross-Generational Anthology of
African American Poetry
(Riverhead Books)
D Knowledge has appeared in the movie Higher Learning and Panther.. He also has an album out on Qwest Records which is Quincy Jone's label

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