Communities of color:

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

While some woman
Part of the system of color 
Sits in a prison cell with no
Windows: nor pretty printed paintings
On non-textured walls

While some woman 
Is raped in the “whole” 
Where she’s supposed to 
Find inner balance she finds
Dysfunctional control
Where she is the functional one 
Hoping for some other norm 
Paying back her debt to society 

Whilst killing any chance of 
Becoming something this 
Bureaucratic society will ever over stand.
Stripped by this society to sit in concrete 
Jungles

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

While some prison guard 
Is commemorated for getting
“Off” on a piece of 
Unforgotten society
Pinned as the man of the 
[Cell] block by the wardens all seeing “EYE”

-JUSTICIA AHORA-
Screams from the silent voices 
Of soulless mothers ripped from 
Daughters handcuffed with restriction 
Over crowded dollar bills $$$
Seen by “paid” judges 
Maximum penalties for 
Minimum security

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

While homeless 
Depressed
Bitter 
Children 
Visits their parents through
Bullet proof windows
Stainless steel seats
Warm their bottoms instead 
Of mothers breast milk 
Or grannies lesson 
Of snakes weaving through grass
Instead steel walls are 
Stealing memories 
Dead bodies are losing hearts
And sinking thoughts 
Mother and fathers become images
Of prison guards and police officer
That seems to offer up no known piece of peace 

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

Where women’s cell walls 
Are broken in to
Slop is the punishment 
For stolen memories of
Bedroom walls where
Cornbread and milk was laid 
So was there soul
Rape was a part of the 
Daily activity for some 
Ribbons 
Handcuffs
Restricted S and M
Warden So and So
Make it easy to pull 
Babies from mothers 
Judges DA Attorneys 
Lawyers Lovers liars

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

Dead bodies 
Love lost
Suicide

Prisoner 
Mothers 
Fathers
Bedroom Walls
Punishment
Sunday school
Fellatio
Decline to state 
Virgins 
I do. I do….I do….

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

Rape, Ribbons, Handcuffs
Protection/ Forgiveness/ Strength
Flags with Blues Hearts
Respect/ Passion/ Knowledge
Names/ Faces/ Positions/ 
Women, Babies, No breast milk 
Parenting Classes/ First walks/

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 


Priest/ Deacons/ God
Republican’s / Balance/ 
Emotion/ Deceit/ Democracy
Belly warmers, Merchandise / 
Slave Ships/ Right to Vote 
Lost causes… / Reparation
Innocents’ waves 

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

Guilt drops its head

Murals of intelligence
Line letters sent to innocents by standers 


Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

Pounds of stupidity

Sangre’

Communities of color
Fight over names badges
Proving there part of the whole 

Blood

This was written as part of the Justice now CD
Exodus Williams
10-25-03
I was 23 when I wrote this, and it was and is still the hard piece to say out loud enjoy.