RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POLICE STATE
Where Were You?
We were taught that everyone is free
We were taught that all belong
We were taught that everyone has needs
To neglect them would be wrong
Where were you when the icemen came?
Were you hiding in your shed?
Did they have a list that had your name?
Did they tell you where it led?
This country is a melting pot
That’s what our teachers said
It can’t be something we forgot
It was planted in our heads
So where were you when the men in green
Came knocking at your door?
What terror did their knocking bring?
Did it shake you to your core?
Remember when we sang our songs
This land of liberty
To discriminate was plainly wrong
We pledged equality
So where were you when the whistles blew?
Did you run or did you hide?
And where were you when you finally knew
That the ones we trusted lied?
