Just My Thoughts: Mind, Body & Soul
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Dark Child
I see a blue streak
In a white sky
Wondering why
Did I do something wrong?
Pulled over
Mind racing
Do you want to see my head hang low?
Bow down to your jurisdiction
A victim
Catch the flow of the 21st century
And realize its liberation
Yet, he has me in this system
Is skin color a proxy for criminality?
Are there a variety of traits you look for?
I must fall under every category
D.W.B.
(Driving While Black)
Coppas are trying to make that quota.
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About the Book
J.D. Laws is a member of the new breed of contemporary writers on the verge of time. Just My Thoughts: Mind, Body & Soul presents varied aspects of the Black Experience in America by depicting the essence of reality without being simulated. Laws conveys her personal experiences through introspective poetry by reflecting her innermost feelings about the world and the everyday struggle – the growing pains of life. Bereft of idealistic fantasy and full of sidebar comments, Just My Thoughts is a sly book of intelligent poems filled with engaging lyric candor and original linguistic creativity sure to transcend the vernacular of pragmatic poetry in the 21st century.
About the Author
A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, J. D. Laws is a 2002 honor graduate from the historic Central High School. Laws, a Cum Laude alumnus, received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Grambling State University in May 2006. She plans to pursue a graduate degree from Grambling in Sports Administration.