Go Ahead Poem by Doug Lane

Popo say
we ALL
sposed to wear
masks
now.


Soon as we
step out
da haus
we ready
to be
banditos.


Hold up man
or good citi zan
it's all da same
to me.


I be robbin'
yo' place
or you be robbin'
me
of my face
and
my race.


Don't care
if you can
tell me
by my eyes
or not.


Don't care
if you can
read
my lips
or not.


Go ahead.
Read my lips
behind my
gov't issue
mask
mother fucker.


Open up
da register.
Open up
da safe.
You da
seven eleven
man
and ain't nothin'
lucky
'bout yo numba.


I been sent
by da gover ment
to blow your
mind
with my mask.
That's my task.


Won't be no monitor
identifyin' me
as no covid 19
hold up man.
No tellin'
what
I got
for you
behind
dis
mask.