by Edmund J. Janas, IIIn Loving memory of his eldest brother, Obediah Swift, III who passed away in his sleep onDecember 28, 2022Little Troubled Black BoyWhat of the little black boy,alone to fight against this world?Will they even mourn properly for him?Because that’s all they see.In years and decades past, how they did you wrong.It seems for every child worshippedone must be made a villain.Does anyone think that such madnessdoesn’t come at a price?Who will hang the art of these little black boysin their homes? Or who will struggle toreconcile their journey?Even as we must sit sentinel at fortress walls,and watching our enemies without rest,but even our own have no problemletting some slip through;as collateral losses. Those too paleor too dark sacrificed for our owninsecurities, an imitation of lifeand lowly slave master propaganda,happy to condemn you with no real thought.Little black boy, who will mourn properly for you?Society’s sacrificial...