CURB 6

By | 16 August 2019

Residential Neighborhood
Manteca, California

green veer touches
gray pavement touches
black asphalt touches
saffron turban touches
black hoodie touches
grey jeans touches
white patka touches
cream kurta touches
brown foot touches
gray pavement touches
black asphalt touches
grey jeans touches
saffron turban touches
black asphalt touches
cream kurta touches
black hoodie touches
green veer touches
brown foot touches
black asphalt
but
spit
&
spit
&
spit cannot touch
the yards of voile
split
or strung between shades
of bodies
created equal
under god


On August 6, 2018, Sahib Singh Natt, 71, was taking a stroll on a sidewalk near his home in Manteca, California when he was kicked to the asphalt by two young men who then proceeded to repeatedly kick him & spit on him. One of the assailants was identified as the son of Union City’s Chief of Police.

 


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