the flag still waves,
but is it a distraction?
statements are practiced
as the truth remains hidden,
files blacked out-
providing protection for those
who deserve none.
people vanish into the air,
into holding cells,
into statistics
that don’t add up.
for our security,
it’s a necessity,
ignore the truth.
some call it normal,
like it’s how life should be.
what is safe about that?
the country claims it has strength,
but strength doesn’t look like
missing names
empty files
forced silence.
the shame hangs low
as if the flag
forgot what it once stood for.
but DOW is over $50,000.
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