100 Day American

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