REASONS I THOUGHT (KNEW) RIGGS KILLED SHAWN
NO. 1: TURF
Riggs moved to a
different part of the hood
where the Dark Suns hang and bang and be wild.
He wanted to join so he
wouldn’t be looked at like
all bark no more, and instead could have
a backbone built for him
by the bite of his block boys
who wait for anyone to cross the line into their territory,
which happens to be nine
blocks from our building,
and in the same neighborhood as the corner store
that sells that special soap
my mother sent Shawn
out to get for her the day before yesterday.