The two vigilantes in their pickup chase Ahmaud Arbery whom they eventually kill. |
After Gwendolyn Brooks
THE VIGILANTES.
TWO IN A PICKUP.
Pop pops. We
Shoot straight. We
Leak lead. We
Trim thin. We
Spin sin. He
Die soon. We
Gain fame.
Deirdre Fagan is a widow, wife, mother of two, and associate professor and coordinator of creative writing in the English, Literature, and World Languages Department at Ferris State University. Fagan is the author of a chapbook of poetry Have Love published by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and academic essays on poetry, memoir, and pedagogy are available in various creative and academic print and online journals and collections.