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Cover image for post Justice for Junior, by KaylaShani
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KaylaShani in Poetry & Free Verse

Justice for Junior

Little did I know that helping a friend

Would be the beginning of my end

Little did I know that I had no chance

To change that very circumstance

I ran inside thinking people would help

Because it was clear I couldn’t help myself

Not one person helped, but they all did stare

As I was dragged outside, nobody showed care

Each asailant maximized their turn with me

The very first one used a machete

He hacked and he hacked and he hacked away

As the others utilized their knives to play

When it finally ended, each attacker fled

I screamed for help as my organs bled

When no one replied, I ran down the street

Adrenaline pumping, no shoes on my feet

When I made it there, my body quit

And before I knew it I was forced to sit

Through my pain I wanted to live

But with no blood, my heart couldn’t give

The doctors tried to bring me back

But the EKG remained mostly black

I couldn’t hold on and though I tried

At the hospital is where I died

Giving $5 to a friend to me

Got me murdered by mistaken identity