Stole me two eggs
out the big house
quite like mouse
I thought I was
Caught instead
one foot out the back door
the other on the kitchen floor
Whoosh-Crack
Whoosh-Crack

Massa told everyone to watch
arms bound to a tree
feet hanging free
My shirt was torn from my chest
children cried
while elders tried
Clinched my fist
Whoosh-Crack
Whoosh-Crack

Skin split and open it layed
blood sprayed
like a orange being peeled
landing on everything in reach
Massa had a lesson to teach
and it was just for me
before I caught my next breath
Whoosh-Crack
Whoosh-Crack

– Writer X-