Take Cover, They Are Coming For You Poem by Zintle Groepe

Take Cover, They Are Coming For You



WHEN YOU HEAR SIRENS
TAKE COVER
THEY ARE COMING FOR YOU

NYALAS,
POLICE VANS,
RIOT SHIELDS,

THEIR SCREAMS ARE SO LOUD.
THEY BLOCK THE MIND,
IF YOU HAVE A CONSCIENCE

CRIMINALS.
NO, PUBLIC SERVANTS,
THEY KILL YOU.
TAKE COVER

YOU ARE A CRIMINAL,
STILL FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS,
WHEN YOU HEAR THEM
TAKE COVER

A STORM OF RUBBER BULLETS,
TEARGAS, GRENADES,
TAKE COVER

WHEN YOU HEAR SIRENS
TAKE COVER
THEY ARE COMING FOR YOU

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: police brutality
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