"In my opinion, poets talk through the symptoms of disease. These symptoms of disease are predictions, screams, and songs."

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Homicide, often involving guns, is a disease that is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the second-leading cause of death for all people aged fifteen to twenty-four. That makes it the leading health issue, particularly when guns are used in combination with drugs and alcohol. And the statistics show that is most often the case.

— Joycelyn Elders