RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL JUSTICE
Pillars of Shame
Anguished faces of the fallen
A stern reminder of the purge
A remembrance of the massacre
A memorial to the courage
That is Tiananmen Square
It stands as a pillar of shame
Though you remove it from our sight
It sits forever in our minds
Though you prohibit its pronunciation
It is burned into our hearts
Though you have banished
All thoughts and memories
You cannot ban the contents
Of hearts and minds
You cannot tell us
What to think
What to feel
What to remember
Or who to mourn
We take a vow now and always
To remember all of the genocides
All of the victims of oppression
All of the crimes against humanity
All of the suffering and sacrifice
Until the end of civilized time
(The Chinese government takes down
the monument Pillar of Shame at
Hong Kong University.)
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