"It doesn't feel like a time to write, / when all my muses are begging for their lives," writes Danez Smith in this poem, which he recorded after the news that a grand jury chose not to indict—let alone convict—the officers involved in the killing of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy from Cleveland.

After the grand jury in Ferguson decided not to indict Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown, a group of poets began posting videos all over the internet under the hashtag #BlackPoetsSpeakOut. The poets start each video with the same mantra: “I am a black poet who will not remain silent while this nation murders black people. I have a right to be angry,” which serves to unite them, like a symphony warming up before a performance, though their songs and styles are diverse.

My hunch is we'll see many more of these videos in the coming days, but poet Danez Smith is early out the gate with this poem. What's particularly striking about Smith's reading here is the exhaustion in his voice. He's known to be a powerful reader, and every time I've seen him read he burns down the house. But in this recording, he sounds like an eternal flame that's tired of people trying to put him out.