Knock, Knock is a 2 minute video of Daniel Beaty reciting Knock, Knock: “For the children of fathers who are locked down”:
As a boy, I shared a game with my father. Played it every morning until I was three. He would Knock knock on my door and I pretend to be asleep, until he got right next to the bed then I would get up and jump into his arms “good morning Poppa” and my poppa– he would tell me that he loved me. We shared a game—– “Knock knock”. Until that day when the knock never came, and my mom takes me on a ride past corn fields on this never ending highway— until we reached a place of high rusty gates. A confused little boy I enter the building, carried in my momma arms— “Knock knock” Continue reading