Thursday, May 4, 2023

Overheard at Table 1: For Jordan Neely

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/jordan-neely-marines-nyc-subway-chokehold-video-b2333006.html

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-subway-chokehold-death-ruled-a-homicide-as-groups-demand-justice/4301660/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/04/us/new-york-subway-chokehold-death/index.html



For Jordan Neely


On the Northbound F,
he often dressed 
like Michael Jackson -
moved like him too,
danced like a madman
escaped from a zoo,
and he entertained the people
and he scared some too,
cuz you never really knew
what he might do,
 
but one day he came on screaming,
didn't know
at what
or at who,
but a couple of guys
restrained him -
a big Marine, too,
put his arm around his neck
and held him down
held him tight,
held him until he 
stopped screamin'
until he stopped
breathin'
until he 
stopped

dancin'

 

 

MR

2023-0504

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