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<\/a>photo by Alex Lear<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n CAN WE?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (for Ken Saro Wiwa)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n suppose<\/span><\/p>\n the thot<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/police<\/span><\/p>\n took our words<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n seriously<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n treated us like the real po-po:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n cut us down<\/span><\/p>\n on suspicion<\/span><\/p>\n of being<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n dangerous, just in case<\/span><\/p>\n we actually<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n are serious<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n some of us forget<\/span><\/p>\n ken\u2019s killers<\/span><\/p>\n were the folk<\/span><\/p>\n who threw fela\u2019s mother<\/span><\/p>\n out the window<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n a little while ago<\/span><\/p>\n i took a hot shower<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n was ken able to wash<\/span><\/p>\n before the hanging?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 4.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n everybody be talking abt<\/span><\/p>\n the morning after<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n what abt<\/span><\/p>\n the night before<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n any thots<\/span><\/p>\n on that?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 5.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n when i look into the mirror<\/span><\/p>\n of my life<\/span><\/p>\n experiences<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n do i see anything<\/span><\/p>\n that would lead me to believe<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n that i would be willing<\/span><\/p>\n to die for my beliefs?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 6.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n suppose<\/span><\/p>\n you had to take full<\/span><\/p>\n responsibility<\/span><\/p>\n for every word<\/span><\/p>\n you uttered<\/span><\/p>\n no matter how little<\/span><\/p>\n you meant it<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201creally, i was just joking around<\/span><\/p>\n i didn\u2019t mean to tell the truth\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 7.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n can we<\/span><\/p>\n afford<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n not to be<\/span><\/p>\n serious?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n can we?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n can we be<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n like ken<\/span><\/p>\n saro wiwa was<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n strong<\/span><\/p>\n straight up<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018til<\/span><\/p>\n the end?<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2014kalamu ya salaam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CAN WE? (for Ken Saro Wiwa) \u00a0 \u00a0 1. suppose the thot \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/police took our words \u00a0 seriously \u00a0 treated us like the real po-po: \u00a0 cut us down on suspicion of being \u00a0 dangerous, just in case we actually \u00a0 are serious \u00a0 \u00a0 2. some of us forget ken\u2019s killers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176459348"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176459348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176459348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176459350,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176459348\/revisions\/176459350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176459348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176459348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176459348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}