benefit of doubt?!
ha! there is none! you are fools!
your ___ism wins
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Author:
Demar Desu (Pseudonym) (
Online) - Published: May 27th, 2026 10:36
- Comment from author about the poem: As a black man in America I continue you to get harassed and questioned whenever I’m simply just existing somewhere. I can’t sit down on a bench for more than 25 minutes without someone asking me where I’m from and what I’m doing here… I’m so tired of you bastards and losers
- Category: Haiku
- Views: 18
- Users favorite of this poem: Tristan Robert Lange
Online)
Comments3
A hard and vexing write of prejudice. Well done
Graci
Prego
Haven't seen you in a while. Good to have you back. 🙏🕊️
I’ve been wanting to moderate, thanks for the welcome
Demar, this is sharp, confrontational, and painfully direct in exactly the way it needs to be. The fragmented opening already communicates the collapse of patience with systems and attitudes that continue to reduce people to suspicion and stereotype. And your note grounds the poem powerfully in lived experience...not as abstract commentary, but as the exhaustion of being repeatedly questioned, watched, and denied the simple freedom to exist peacefully in public space. “I can’t sit down on a bench for more than 25 minutes” says more about systemic mistrust than pages of explanation ever could. Angry, honest, and deeply human work, my friend. And welcome back! I've missed you! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
TRL you make my poetic side worth logging into thank you as always for understanding me. I won’t let these frustrations hurt me though! I turn it into poetry and I move on. We will win
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