Dey said to sit and wait behind dees bars
and as it was, I heeded dey commands
because I knew dey light and I was dark.
Dey promised me a trial was at hand,
but damn if I ain’t tryna lee dis place.
No food and all dis heat sho’ ain’t no joke
but lissen here, da smile on my face
was big when all dem boys came in and broke
me out! And I could hardly stand but dey
paraded me aroun’ fo’ all to see.
Befo’ dey took me to da bridge, I say,
Dat white girl dere, she happy as can be!
They didn’t let me turn around to check.
The trial was the noose around my neck.
K.O. Bailey is a recent graduate of Washburn University, earning his English degree, with an emphasis in Creative Writing, and a minor in Film & Video. As a member of Sigma Tau Delta, he is a well-rounded author of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and screenplays and is currently working on a historical-drama screenplay about the real-life lynching of four people in Shubuta, Mississippi in 1918. In addition, he is working hard on a poetry collection inspired by a recent grant-funded trip to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. Follow K.O. (@kobaileybooks) on Instagram.”
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