Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Apply Within

For this position

the best applicants are animals
cannibals who handle well
vandals on orangutan swells
sandals clad in carcasses and shells

We accept resumes

written in a foreign tongue
fought and wrought and slowly sung
bought and fraught with lowly rungs
like ladders matter to the young

Joblessness among black male youth

reached 35 percent
government subsidence
victims innocence
missing like this month’s rent

money spent

Compton

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