In memory of Madoc Hyunsu O’Callahan, Rest In Power,
February 3, 2014
American three months
death at your white father’s hands
high-ranking NSA agent
your white savior abuser pleads guilty
twenty-year sentence
eight years subtracted
dishonors your brief life
your missed lifetime
your murderer serves a brief refrain
your body bruised, beaten
hurled against walls
fractured your toddler skull
bleeding brain
hemorrhaging eyes
bath time turned tragic
another Harry Holt casualty
your white savior’s body
protected by prison guards
protected by PTSD
protected by mental illness
protected by psychotropic meds
false drug tests
We guard your grave
your body buried
beneath cheap plastic tombstone
your death not in vain
you’ll not be forgotten
our baby brother
we’ll see you soon