The whole world is watching, the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching . .
he remembered that chantthat mantra
out the mouths of civilian and student demonstrators on the streets of Chicago reverberate
from his familys black and white television set during the ‘68 Democratic
National Convention
he saw police violence
he heard Mayor Daley violently subvert
the peoples right to peaceably assembly and he knew in their midst there were men whose
jobagent provocateurs was to incite the police
a wink and a nod because
authority knows it can nothing points its
finger better than a well-exercised and -practise authority
he was a kid and he knew
thats what he remembered seeingwhat he remembered saying and his father said . . those hippies, those worthless pieces of shit . .
Someday he replied they may be leading the country
Unlikely, son, more likely they’ll
be dead.
he was shockedhe was so shocked
that he couldnt think to stop him to explain his brutal comment before he left
the kitchen heading out to the car to leave for his part-time evening job he didnt know if his dad meant that they
would in order to beat prison terms submit to go to Nam and die or if he meant theyd be murdered
Black Panthers were either
murdered or imprisoned they were and are
political prisoners yet right here in
the United States the Land of the Free
and Home of the Brave
"Since 1968" Americans have neither been free or
brave then they went wide and overdosed
on September 11 and lost their minds
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