Wrong Place, Wrong Time Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Rating: 1.7


Robert Dziekanski, a Pole who died trying to search his mother,
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police tazed him in to submission.
Dudley Doright would have never done such a thing,
Robert was not Snidley Whiplash or Osama bin Laden.
He was confused, he had never been on a jet, let alone the airport,
Where there is a no mans land between the points of arrival
Before you enter the terminal.
The RCMP, in my view, handled the situation poorly,
They could have waited someone to interpret for the man,
They could shot with a tranquilizer, not to floor him with 50,000 volts,
The Canadians have always felt Americans had an extraordinary love for their guns,
The tazing device could be a dangerous if it strikes someone.
I am lucky that grandparents arrived at Ellis Island last century,
Because if they arrived in Vancouver today they might subject to same welcome,
In that case,
I would not be.

(11-16-2007)

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