Maud

Ahmaud Arbery, the young black man who was shot by
three white men while out jogging in his neighborhood.
A jury of eleven white and one black man convicted
 all three of murder.
Photo Courtesy: Dr. Bernice A. King

Eleven white jury

And one black fury

Who stuck out the sides

Of the eleven like injury

It couldn't be otherwise

While it went down

For real as the deep south

Went all out

Against racial malice

It's sure going down in history

They never come by ones

They come by threes

Armed with shotguns

On shooting sprees

They killed Ahmaud

Shot down Arbery

'You've done nothing wrong,'

White father said to killer son

Body streaked with blood

Of black jogger on the floor

Justice been long coming

And when it did come

It was the box office

This one

Goes out to Maud

Who did nothing wrong

Yet got shot for a jog

Blood from Africa

Killed for jogging while black

We're thankful for the guilty verdict

And Maud can now rest in peace

And the power of his legacy

Let the word go forth

All over the world

The killers of Maud

Got their butt

Kicked in court

This ain't no dime n' nickel

Story it's definitive victory ✌️

Bigger than a news article

Like 'Ahmaud Arbery:

A black man who was shot

And killed while out for a jog.'

Maud's a new lease of life

For everyone who fights

For the human right.

Akpan