America is ever Amnesic
By E. Elena Songster
Son for Pop Boy for Cop
McCulloch’s
Pop
Killed by a Black Man
McSpadden’s
Son
Killed by a Cop
Was some BASE justice done
In the death of this young one?
The People knew
McCulloch’s hue
and that
Prosecution
Possessed THE
Power
Doubt
Demanded he
Defer
He
Refused
to
Recuse
Decision
Done
on
Day One
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Missouri
Missouri
Misery
Tragedy
Turns
Typical
Uproar
of
Hope
Destroyed
Detrimental
Disillusionment
Rage
at
Despair
Brown
Black
Broken
Justice
System(ic)
Injustice
Dread Mike
Dred Scott
Legacy
Lives
Leaves
Misery
in
Missouri
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Forget me Not
Ferguson
will not
Forget
but
America
is ever
Amnesic
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