Sunday, May 31, 2020

Five Days of Fury

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  GEORGE FLOYD SERIES


Five Days of Fury

Four days of civil unrest
Four days of building tension
Four days of subversion
By elements of anarchy
Lawlessness and looting
Incitement and instigation

Who are these insurgents
These promoters of violence
And division?

Anti-fascists or anarchists?
Agents of foreign interests
Hellbent on destruction?

On the fifth day they got their wish
Frustration turned to rage
And rage transformed to chaos
And chaos ruled the night
Like a demon shadow
In deadly flight

Detroit
A city long left behind
Chicago
Divide black and white
Philadelphia
Birth of a nation
Seattle
Youth against the fold
New York
Long suffering racial pain
Boston
A legacy of shame
Atlanta
City of segregation
Los Angeles
Watts never died
(it just faded away)

On the fifth day
The cops dropped their guard
And the battle began

On the fifth day
We held our breath and prayed

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