RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CORONAVIRUS SERIES
Chicago Cops
To serve and protect
Is a simple proposition
If a cop cannot protect the people
If a cop claims a right to harm
If a cop refuses to be vaccinated
As a matter of personal freedom
That cop cannot fulfill his promise
That cop has betrayed her basic duty
And can no longer serve
In good conscience
In a city blighted by poverty and crime
That so many cops are willing to
Turn their backs on the public good
Is itself a crime against all cops
A disgrace to the uniform
A stain on the badge
Cops are not the arbiters of justice
Nor the determiners of policy
They are soldiers in this war
And soldiers must take orders
If what is happening in Chicago
Is happening in other cities
It is time to rebuild from
The bottom up
Remember Typhoid Mary
Who claimed her rights as well
Such rights would lead us all to hell
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