" Altered If Not Reborn "...

" Altered If Not Reborn "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Altered if not reborn
by cruel taunts
of supposed
"law and order"

while demonstrating
pressing needs
for judicial changes
by flag-waving
parading delegations

spurring outrage
in crime waves
of poor faith
from deranged
candidates feigning
rigged election days

while pre-tallying
who gets saved
frame-by-frame
by star-spangled
naysayers
in closing
ceremonies
of exploding
incarceration rates...