Steel City, Police State

Steel City, Police State

pardon this moment to decry

but I am overdue

and there are strangers in my town

with guns

like corner pimps police loiter in riot gear

like armored linebackers police linger

and lust after delivering the lacquered baton hit

state city police national army guard militia linger

and drink bottled water

and watch

and warn opposition to decent

as if we had a greater prepotency to riot more than they

we call ourselves the city of champions

but here we are just another city

waiting only for the next pigskin sunday to arrive

we are the city of champions

lost in the backyard of a country of champion wars

but angry a few are still

about the rift in this today of great money

about leaving the forgotten forgotten and earth death unchecked

about those who heed only highfructosecornsyrup indifference

the riot police outnumbered those that joined the march with proper permits

down the one remaining street left free from jersey barrier barricade

while the great global twenty meet and greet and grin

while the tyrannosaurus banks still roam freely