In 1989, the US Government Began Using Video Games to Teach Soldiers Warfare. They Admit It Ten Years Later.

By Letta Neely
this concrete here
is where my brother’s
last breath left
his body began
to circulate
elsewhere; some people
will tell you there’s nothing
poetic
about
black boys murdered

but i have to think
of  it this way,
to understand

Source: Poetry (July/August 2024)