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Law Enforcement Violates Our Constitutional Rights Regularly Now


they swagger in badges
hallways of fluorescent lies
drag me by the collar
into their personal theater of power

guns gleam like broken promises
questions barked through gritted teeth
hands cuffed before words finish
justice danced on cold linoleum floors

they say order is sacred
while stomping the petals of freedom
paper walls of our rights
tear under boot heels

every knock at midnight
echoes the guillotine’s whisper
we’re born equal on paper
but in their hands, paper bleeds dry

and still—
we hope for mercy
in the belly of this machine












Copyright © James Mclain

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