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Another Bloody Weekend In Chicago

Another bloody weekend in Chicago
   104 shot, 14 fatally
You know all about George Floyd
   But those 118 tragedies? -- null & void

Every one shot a person of color
   Every shooter a nonwhite
Where was Jesse Jackson's* loud voice                    *social justice warrior
   Father Michael Pfleger?* -- absent from sight

David Brown** spoke up                                     **Chicago Supt. of Police
   He wants violent criminals
To serve longer prison minimals
   How's that gonna play today

A 13 year-old-girl killed in a random drive-by
   Two hours later a 3-year-old boy fatally shot
No pleas for justice raised, however
   No shouts of systemic racist plots

Another deadly weekend in Chicago
   Neighborhoods cowering in horror
Where was the outrage
   Where were the alderman and Mayor

Copyright © Gershon Wolf

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