How many murals do you need to see
Eulogized kinfolk in spray painted pictures
Preach silent sermons 7 feet tall
Ghetto altars lit with candles
Live on the side of duplexes and walk ups
Mommas cry martyrs die in high definition
Listen to the low hum of protest in the street
Tear gas and tears
Days turn to years
On Martin Luther King Boulevard
Black bodies kiss the ground
Hugging death
Handed to them by blue suits and jack boots with badges
Another murder
Another mural
Sorrow blesses art...