Black Holler

a poem by Elaine E. Howie

Black Holler! Black Holler!

That’s what she heard
As she ran down the corridor
Tumbling from her bed
Stop you silly listless fool
Meet black holler at this duel
Black holler is the street prince of kewl
Black holler knows no color
It’s black it’s blue it’s white it’s red
Does it really matter when it’s
Your love one that is dead
Yes our mind screams at one another
We kill our sisters and our brothers
As black hollers

A baby wails along with the siren
Bullets riddle another body
Taken from the scene
Outrage now hurt and confusion
For black holler is no-one’s friend
Lets stop the illusion
Please give us more time
You cry all day
Black holler drinks his wine
And his next move he contemplates
Black holler shoots for the moon
As he crushes stars you fool
The eulogy reads he was a good person
But dead he now lies
For black holler never pushes them away
But life goes on they say

So tell me
Who witnessed this scene in play?
Step forward we need a person
Who fits this role?
Yeah black holler has scored another goal
Yes they notice black holler
Only because of a drive-by
Black holler chose
A white suburban child tonight to die
Black holler remains something
Forgettable no longer news
Until he effects your home,
Lives, hearts and schools
Black holler lights the fuse

Black holler comes to your neighborhood
Just remember black holler is not a prejudice rule
His power the quickest execution so cool
He cares little for responsibility you fool
Black holler don’t care a heel of beans
For what holler backs other lives will mean
Our leaders said black holler you come in here
Now you take a seat
You’ve destroyed many a life
The system you’ve beat
Now you sit right down
We are here to let you know
Black holler we don’t want you around

Ha! Ha! Black holler crosses his legs
Rubs his bell and laughs at your
Ignorance my fellows
No school?
Black holler breeds sin you fools
No money?
Black holler takes the queen bee
And leaves you the honey
No job?
Black holler laughs harder as he nods
Drugs, sex, credit cards, and life no cash back
Get on black holler says as he counts his stacks
I turned around and shook the devils hand
I’m black holler the new ruler of this land

Not even disguised so sure is he
Black holler steals babies from every mother’s knee
Just say no to black holler in and expression
Black holler will formally introduce you to Mr. Smith
And send condolences to Mrs. Wesson
Black holler will march on either side
He will not shrink he will not hide
Black holler got arrested last night
In the prisons he recruited anew for his next plight
He’s out on bail
Now you lock your doors
You are in black hollers prison cell
Oh! No just check it as black holler did
I know because I wrote this black holler bid

Don’t let black holler win
Black holler will toast with blood liquor
As you serve life in the pen
They say he’s a foe a devil from below
Black holler black holler you got to go
But I say we are more then the number seven
Lets believe in our faith and call for help from heaven
We hope and yes we pray
We can only put our trust in the lord this day
Black holler black holler I stand to right
And through my lord black holler I will fight
It’s one in one hundred it’s you it’s your friend
It’s today’s life homemade black holler
Salt no pepper but it burns in the end