RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: PROTEST
The Killing
They’re killing us on the streets
Just for being who we are
They’re killing us in our cars
A sense of heartbreak and defeat
We remember Rodney King
We remember George Floyd
Through our tears we feel the sting
When the soldiers are deployed
On the streets of our cities
In the center of our nation
Have you no heart and no pity?
Have you no sense of indignation?
We remember Kent and Jackson State
That’s when we knew they were willing
To shoot us down at the gates
To answer protests with killing
That’s when we had to contemplate
The cost in blood and the chilling
That’s when we knew the rabid hate
In their thugs they were instilling
Now we’re back to where we were
Law and order is their cry
Before the dead have been interred
They are spreading deadly lies
(In memory of Renee Good & Alex Pretti)
