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St. Louis Blues

9/18/2017

 

​“Whose streets? Our streets!” the blue band chanted,
    That rumbled through the streets,
Each oath of honor thus recanted— 
    Without donning white sheets.

The instrument of law becomes
    An agent of oppression,
When every game is zero sums
    And tortured each confession.

That “blue lives matter” they assert
    And wail at photo ops,
But—casting blame and planting dirt— 
    Who can defend these cops?

The Rule of Law’s prerogative
    Was once held by civilians,
Till their grasp slipped, enough to give
    The fate of untold millions

Into the hands of wealthy men
    (And women who support them),
Justice usurped by force, and then
    Democracy’s post-mortem.


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