The young skinny black man
placed his wrists behind his back
and mumbled past the group of
officers and out into the universe
Do what you’re gonna do
Do what you’re gonna do
Just do what you’re gonna do
Do what you were already gonna do
Do what you always were gonna do
Bill McCloud is a poetry editor for the Right Hand Pointing literary journal and is the poetry reviewer for Vietnam Veterans of America. His poetry book, The Smell of the Light, reached #1 on The Oklahoman’s “Oklahoma Bestsellers List." His poems have appeared in Oklahoma Today and the Oklahoma English Journal. He is a faculty member of William Bernhardt’s annual WriterCon, presenting sessions on writing and publishing poetry.
