By: Keishra Jackson
I was once told
Honor Roll
was the road to success.
But as of now,
I’m trapped between 4 walls
in a too small desk
surrounded by beings of black
and the rest. . .
The “minorities”
Never fit to be next
because we never possessed
access to that asset
to which we were born with
called freedom.
Misled when “C” was our only “I don’t know” option
on I.S.A.T.
When Guess & Check
became apart of the method
and
when we sat with our kind enforcing isolation
Segregation….
is our own faults
In CPS.
We sit eagerly
awaiting the next ring
to set us free
because the hallways is where it’s at
and friends are the only ones
we come to school to see.
And Of course,
Subs,
In periods 1 thru 3
. . . .
and what about ol’ girl in the knock-off Burberry
or polo?
With three minutes of fame
in the hallways
you can act a fool
like the audience
when they “boo”
a bad act at the
Showtime in Apollo.
For a second,
I FORGOT , What I Came here Fo’
I’ve heard too many times
“Reading is Fundamental”
in this corrupted establishment
where
education is fundamentally disrupted
by these wanna be Savages.
I’m just being honest.
they pay no mind to the youth
because its not like the future depends on us.
WE Don’t depend on us.
Instead
Bleached trues
and fresh shoes
with eyes glued
to the girls
(asses)sments
worried bout’ if she foreign or
if her man on one of the opps
Cor-ro-na.
There is no freedom in education.
except the freedom
to make others feel less than great
or to make us “nerds” feel like less
because we were the only ones remembered
it was a test today.
because yesterday,
you occupied the lonely hallways
Now you confused.
Claiming this subject was never introduced.
and there’s no reason
to point the finger at the system
because before we AS PEOPLE
gain freedom
we must first capture the precious entity of wisdom.
and it starts in this building.
Tales Out of School 