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Poetry: The Police are Coming by Keamogetsi Joseph Molapong

The Police are Coming by  Keamogetsi Joseph Molapong + Look about you And be wary of them They are coming in uniforms Stained fresh with the blood of a young Man they had just murdered in full public view In cold blood with no remorse nor respect for life + Watch them come In numbers, with muscles Filled with hate and disillusionment Armed to the teeth by the taxpayer and Paid from state coffers bled dry by police State machinery, ready to insult, maim and kill + Forget about Chapter 3 Strip yourself of all human rights Burn your constitution for the police Are above the supreme law of the country Remove Article 11 from basic police training Institute fear and hopelessness in the community + The police are coming Criminals and civilians alike Are running, scattering into silence Current and currently axed lovers and wives Crippled by fear, by government-funded guns Taking aim, spitting fire, piercing flesh, fast-tracking