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| Photo by Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 12/7/16. |
We need to figure out
What's going on. Until we do,
Protectors of the people, duly sworn,
Are murdering their addicts in Manila,
Hunting without license in the night,
The broken, sweaty streets
Slick with blood and rain,
The wails of women frightening the birds
To silence in the ravaged jungle,
A fetid, smoking swamp,
Drained to stabilize the capital,
The capitol, the capital,
Where business booms in certain zones
Merchandizing guns and caskets,
Death the easy answer
To the problems of existence,
Especially our own,
The final strict austerity.
Tell me if you learn
What's going on.
—Inspired by Daniel Berehulak's text and photographs in the New York Times' slideshow,
" 'They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animas,' " June 7, 2016.
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