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On a Forgotten Riot, Washington, DC, 1990 (Free verse) by dave78981
rambling poets and riff raff
alike were called by wailed despairs
some grievance now forgotten
an instant later blood on cobblestone streets
flickers of firelight in broken store windows
men forget dignity for a time and become
not unlike those beasts caged three blocks away
third world actions burst forth from
carefully packaged polished finish
police smash cameras they know won???t forget
in eerie prelude to future events
shop owners and vagrants both hurl rocks
at each other at cops at wild dancing shadows
an overturned car underscores the point
reality, status quo is upside down here
is it really the sting of of teargas clouds
that makes me cry?
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