“Different ways to say the word ‘thug’” by Dagmawe Berhanu

1. Trigger happy target
2. Archangel of the burnt and bruised
3. Newport ash on a papi store floor
4. Pants way passed where his mama taught
5. It’s my car sir
6. Ocean front scalp
7. Jesus in hiding
8. Unintentional vaudeville show
9. Fireflies in his palms
10. A friend’s blood
11. Tomorrow’s bedside prayer
12. Tonight’s prime time special
13. It’s just my phone sir
14. I just want to go home
15. I didn’t ask
16. A gunpowder freestyle
17. A stained glass dice game
18. A white man’s orgasm
19. My hands at 16
20. His voice before the shots
21. Stop sign eulogy
22. Mom alone in the chapel
23. No angel
24. All blood

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Dagmawe Berhanu called us from Philadelphia, PA.

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