The 20 stand on the corner
Holding a banner for passing cars:
WHAT IF THEY BOMBED YOUR FAMILY?
Says a pedestrian in a suit,
"I don't have to worry.
I'm an American."
Drivers honk and flash V signs.
A young woman says,
"I'm glad you are out here."
And goes to the coffee pub.
An old woman stops her Mercedes.
"We elect a government!" she spits.
And drives away quickly.
A man stops his Cadillac and says,
"Duh, stop the violence, man."
And he forces a laugh.
Says a woman parked in a Lincoln,
"Because of our troops
You can protest here."
With 40 police on his back
The captain says,
"Out of the neighborhood. Now!"
As the 20 are moving off
One man puts a match
To a flag on a stick.
As the cops beat the man
Exclaims the professor,
"That's alienating the middle classes!"
The prisoner says,
"I feel free now."