Jayland Walker’s Killers (We’re Not Okay)

Jayland Walker’s killers
Walk the street
Spraying tear gas
Emptying canisters
Like they emptied clips

Lights spinning in a circle
Like history
Like the color wheel
Blue uniforms, gray smoke
Black bodies, red blood
Staining the street

Using Tactics of escalation
Using tactics of violence
Designed to leave a city
Without a voice
Without a breath

Written May 2023 as part of the Angie Haze song, “We’re Not Okay”