before 3am hold in your stomach
the definite truth:
americans aren’t stupid
aren’t angry
before 3am think
this can’t be it
after 3am wake up
check your phone
shit
go back to sleep
after 3am walk
into work with heavy feet
chill in bones
don’t be mad at these white people
walk into the closet and cry
in less than an hour
27 eyes will look to you
for guidance
after 3am think
what will you tell them
this is poetry
put the english degree to use
stifle the white voice beside you
not all white people are evil
your best friend is white
she didn’t vote trump
after 3am yell
fuck emotional constancy
after 3am
you’re still scared
the world keeps spinning
nothing and everything changed
