with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood,
he put gently into the earth
some plants
—Ross Gay, writing in honor of Eric Garner, who died on this day in 2014
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I have a new poem in the Harvard Kennedy School Journal of African American Public Policy. A different sort of venue for a poem, but appreciate them providing the invitation.
This is for my son & thinking about how quickly the world will see him as something other than a child.