I didn't understand or 'got' every single poem in this collection, but that's okay. Up and foremost this book isn't for me. I hoped I still learned something from it. The sections I loved were so incredibly powerful and important that the ones that weren't for me didn't hinder my love for this collection. My absolute favorite sections were "summer, somewhere" and "everyday is a funeral & a miracle" The other sections I loved were: "dear white america", "dinosaurs in the hood", "... nigga", "crown" and "strange dowry"

This absolutely destroyed me. Growing up gay and black in the US. Trump getting elected. Things are bad And then they are worse I am so sorry for everyone that has to go through this stupidity of racism and cruelty. I am broken. These words were haunting but so so so NEEDED to be heard by the world!!! prediction: the cop will walk prediction: the boy will still be dead