RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
France on Fire
The killing of Nahel
The ghost of Algiers
A legacy of injustice and inequality
beneath the surface of content
The smoldering ashes of history
The spark of a young man’s death
Five days of unrest (and counting)
Five nights of burning rage
This is far more than one tragic death
This the promise of a nation broken
This is poverty and opportunity denied
This is minorities betrayed
He was only seventeen
Killed in the Paris suburb of Nantere
A traffic stop gone horribly wrong
The kid was too afraid to stop
Young, dark-skinned and poor
A resume for a tragic end
It was not the first time
It will not be the last
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