Newspoem 13 March 2008  

Five years

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protesting five years of murder on March 13 2008	fifty nice people hold handmade signs up to one amplified speaker	anticipating widespread rioting, i did not think to bring bricks
in the winter sun signs go blank, signifying empty sentiment		"We have the power" for clumsy renditions of "blowin in the wind"
where are country joe and the fish, the feel like i'm fixin to die rag?	with relentless lies have our leaders extinguished our reason, hope, fire?	what is the sound of one fist shaking at people who are not present?