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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