the thought bubble reader

Thought bubble reader, that's his skill, it's worst than a migraine. He sees what you think, not what you see. He is worn and weathered for a young man. He avoids the crowds, I am just a regular guy, he mutters. I'm not weird or strange, he sighs as he picks some lint from the shoulder of his plain blue shirt, brushes his slacks that fit just right. You know they cross the street when I come up, even in daylight, they see me and say look how he walks, what's that bulge in his pocket. It's always a chilly reception, "what gang is he from", "there must be more of them". He sniffled, wiped his nose on his sleeve, "nose candy boy, share it but don't show it". They all think I am like them. It's like the actors fill the theater and I the only one in the audience and I'm on the stage. Damn, I'm just a regular guy.

Ever notice to be a black person in the media, movies, comics, you can't be a regular person. Dude you walk like you pooped a little in your pants......no man that's strut and walk like a pimp and it's not a limp, I ain't no gimp, ya know I'm exempt from your failed attempt, and I'm immune to your bias, deflect while you apply it. You don't realize that you can't criticize what you don't understand, you are on the outside of my realm man......I guess the Last Poets weren't really the last.

Hey man, what you doing in here. I don't know, I got a license to carry an unconcealed weapon, they know this. I was in a store when some hoods rushed in. I drew my pistol, they cursed at me, made me mad, turned my gun sideways to shoot. The cops came in saw my gun turned sideways, thought I was one of them, winged me in the shoulder.......You made the papers, "Black man with pistol turned sideways mistaken for a hood, gets shot." Yeah, here's the kicker, I go back to the gun dealer for further training and anger management, the whole room is filled with blacks and Hispanics all the same problem. I have to wear this brace that won't let me turn my gun sideways. They have a prosthetic for that? Yeah.






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