He was normal, a poem by Marvin X

Left to right: Tacuma King, Marvin X, Val Serrant and David Murray, The Black Arts Movement Poets Choir and Arkestra under the direction of Maestro Marvin X, performing at the Malcolm X Jazz/Art Festival, Oakland CA 2015
Adam Turner photo

He normal white man
no muslim christian neo nazi kkk
normal white man
no right wing/left wing politico
accountant loved gambling
father bank robber
but he normal
daddy away in prison
normal
no criminal gene
normal no ex-marine special forces gone mad
normal
send cookies to his mama
normal
decent quiet polite drank beer in bar
normal
liked sitting outside by garage door
to beat the heat wretched heat of Nevada
what we do here stays here Nevada
legal gambling prostitution
marijuana
did he snap
no history of mental illness
normal
peaceful
would not kill fly nomal
60 people dead
500 injured
normal
sane
lived good life
no politics in profile
normal guy
white normal
Dr. Hare say what's normal in abnormal world?
but he normal fake news say
twenty guns in hotel suite
twenty guns at home normal
bomb making materials in home normal
Was he ISIS Manchurian Candidate
he normal
just imagined wild things
like normal boys
in America.
--Marvin X
10/2/17