J’accuse
\nby cricketjeff on December 21, 2007.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\n“The land of the free” is the title they claim
\nBut problems within must deny them that name.
\nA nation that leaves such abuses to be
\nCannot be the heaven they claim it to be.<\/p>\n
The mark of the great is not measured in might
\nBut counted instead from the way they do right.
\nIf the weakest amongst you, are beaten and killed
\nThe blood of the rest should be mortally chilled.<\/p>\n
You fight, so you say, for great freedoms elsewhere
\nFor the victims at home you have no time to take care.
\nFrom this stain on your people, there’s no place to hide
\nAnd the part you’ve all played just can’t be denied.<\/p>\n
As you sit down at Christmas and worship your gods
\nCan you claim that you’ve worked to unbias the odds.
\nIt isn’t “the state” or “the others” or “they”
\nBut each lucky person can take action today.<\/p>\n
The christ that your nation professes to follow
\nSurely can’t be impressed by your promises hollow.
\nWhen there’s torture and murder and rape of the weak
\nNo-one in the nation can afford to not speak.<\/p>\n
So look to your laurels, don’t turn to one side
\nDon’t say you are helpless if you haven’t tried.
\nDon’t sit there reading this poem I’ve penned
\nGet out there and act, make all mankind your friend<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nA contest entry for:<\/p>\n
Poems against rape and murder of Native American women
\nThis contest is to draw attention to the horrific tragedy that faces Native
\nAmerican women in this country. The official stats say that one in 3 Native
\nAmerican women will be raped or otherwise sexually assaulted in her lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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