NYPD (New York Peace Department) or Rent Yankee Stadium

NYPD (New York Peace Department) or Rent Yankee Stadium

Like why is the media the mouthpiece,
the go-between,
the v in Us v. Them?
They are just feeding the tragedy
with their staged headlines like who do they think they are
acting like some kinda Shakespeare’s bastard brother.

Ok youse guys, here’s whatcha do
to solve this thing in a New York minute,
first off, ya know what a New York minute is?
Like Johnny Carson once said,
“It's the interval between a Manhattan traffic light turning green
and the guy behind you honking his horn.”

Sounds more like a second to me but i digress,
ok, here’s what you do
you rent Yankee Stadium,
former Mayor Bloomberg can cover the cost,
he owes it to the liberal, left-leanin’ rough yet
mostly peace-minded city for saying this a few years ago:
“I have my own army in the NYPD,
which is the seventh biggest army in the world.”

Ok, likes I was sayin’, you rent Yankee Stadium,
it’s off-season, ya know,
and you fill it with Blacks/African-Americans and the NYPD
and de Blasio, he don’t get no sky booth, no, no, no,
he’s gots to be on the field, on the level with everyone,
you hear me, level playing field.

Hire a mediator with global experience,
like Jimmy Carter from The Carter Center ’cuz, ya know,
he’s from the South, he knows about racial tensions.

Let them talk

air it out

reach some agreements!

Better than nothing, right?
Better than living with fear or vengeance so thick
you could cut it with a knife used to cut
this effin’ holiday fruit cake someone gave me,
damn, this thing is solid, ya know i might varnish it
use it for a doorstep, ok, ok, my friends tell me
stay on point.

For the halftime show
how’s about Chris Rock and Maxwell Smart?
Huh?

Seriously, though,
rent Yankee Stadium,
talk it out...

Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet on Axis of Logic. In addition to his work as a writer, he is a small press publisher and Turtle Islander. His newest haiku chapbook is “so many people go hungry.” He also hosts an audio show "Between the Lines: listening to literature online." You can contact him via his literary website.      

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