one word
5 letters
started the conversation:

"my --gg-!"

"what up blak?"

motherless brothers waiting for the a train to brooklyn
traded science like one was named
isaiah
and the other was named
thomas.

on the platform,
a man whose beard reached to his waist
strummed two different keys of "fire and ice",
a woman collected the scattered contents of a broken grocery bag
flinging her spare arm at a little boy who knew how to dodge an angry hand,
and a cotton-topped couple held hands on a "duro"-endorsed bench
ignoring all of it.

two voices boomed from above
preceeding
two suits who descended the staircase
one sharing a story with the other.

one word
6 letters
ended the conversation:

"and then this --gg-- drove up in an escalade and..."

heads turned.
the motherless brothers rushed the suits.
double glocks cocked.

"what did you just say, motherfucker?!?"

the first suit turned the shade of whole milk
and stammered letters that didn't form any word.

"motherfucker, i asked you a question!"

the second suit hugged the bottom stairs and closed his eyes
jumbling the "our father" and "hail mary" in his head.

when the a train roared to a stop
two men laid dead
and two men fled.

say, word?