Looked out the window for the sun
Looked out the window for my son
Found Sun Gods in the space between Mommy’s palms
Was given God’s Son in the breaths between Sunday psalms
They were very superstitious…
Writing on the wall, writing on the moon
Trouble on the water, trouble in the field, fire in the house
Fire out the mouth…of preachers, teaching the fire next time
Telling it on the mountain
Looked in the library for Baldwin
Looked in the library for Batman
Looked at my people and thought,
“Which do you think fights crime better?”
Reading the books?
Or getting the book thrown at you
Because you was in the wrong place and chose to book it
Rather than be detained in Central Booking
Or taken to county where you aren’t allowed to read a book.
