Read Poem: UGLY FACE, by William Farmer

Everywhere I go

I see your ugly face

Every state every place

The enemy gives you a space

You’re an image in my mind

I can’t erase

You seek to curse my life

And cause disgrace

Nothing is pure

Because of you

Everything is laced

As soon as I turn the door knob

I walk in and see you at the job

You cause some people to kill and rob

This life ain’t normal

I feel like I’m going against the mob

I live in a world

Infatuated with thighs and hips

To survive we carry extended clips

We’re segregated by race

Gangs bloods and crips

You can die in an argument or over a bag of chips

Jealousy is growing

Rest in peace Nip

How far did we get from slave ships and whips?

We try to clean it up

But it’s too many tears and rips

Streets ain’t…