Everyone Has One Great Poem Inside Them, And This Actor Just Nailed His

I have been searching high and low for the poem I hoped someone would write about Trayvon Martin, and I finally found it. Nothing quite brings a heavy topic home like when someone gives it beautiful language to lean on. Listen closely to the poem below. It’s full of keepers.

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Sep 25, 2013

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