On Kaepernick, For Stella

Ima
tellin it true
They my words, my own
Red, white, and blue.
It’s enuff
ya’ll done enuff
said enuff
so i’m here tryna
clear it up

Trump out here uppin
the ante
tweetin bout the shame
of Kaepernick
rilin the country
with his hate rhetoric

No one reading
articles no more
just jagged headlines
with truth told slant
skip straight to the
comments
to trip each other
up with
some acid rant

Trollin each other
foldin each other
Controllin each
other

You doan like the
news comin on at 8
thas aight
got 200 more
to subscribe to
your hate

Flippin an trippin
not mad enuff
yet
just wait
for Zuckerburg
writin his new
algorithm
gonna make
sure your rage
double dippin

dippin dots
rotten snots
all the left crawlin
on the sidelines
big tech
rings their bell
pings their bell
fillin our newsfeed
gotta blast the Republican rot

an doan think I forgot
the right wing
Trumpian fools
gettin
jacked up and whacked up
suckin the teat
of Fox News

you fools better look
Ayn Rand’s Anthem
N stop poppin
bout how Colin’s
kneelin aint patriotism
that’s collectivism

You callin
him un-American
cuz he won’t stand
and you won’t bend

Hey, Stella
just an FYI
G-mom gonna give
you a worldview
we live in An America
thas absolutely true
But the Americas
stretch up through
Canada
down south to Peru
all the way to
Chile
to Diego Ramirez
islands
till the last rockhopper
penquin makes a Cape Horn dive

Someday you gonna
have somebody ask
you where you stand
want you pickin
teams and
pickin a side
gotta join a club
and show your
‘Merican pride
But bein a citizen
here in the States
Got nothin to do
with bein n fear
of different
ideas
Naw, Sweet Girl

Ima tell you my truth
N all of it’s true
just love everyone
thas all you
gotta do
you don’t play on
a team
or have uterine
or racial
or gender
or religious
privilege

you a human
a steward
of this blue
planet
be it
people
or
animals
or
the ocean
or
land

you’re responsible
to do what’s right
and take a stand
not judge others
not drown their
demands

you doan stand
n their shoes
you doan know
their pain
you can’t rage
at their hurt
it’ll drive you
insane

Some day
someone’ll do
something weird
and crazy
and’ll make the
news
You might not
remember a player
named Kaepernick
or how people
howled
when he
stood for something
on bended knee

but I’m pretty
sure you’ll
remember me

here’s my words:
love everyone
hate what’s wrong
and for God’s Blessed Sake,
doan get worked up
bout what folks
are doin
during a song