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On the day Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted, November 19, 2021, I wrote a poem:

Decency on Trial

Many mourn the outcome of the Rittenhouse trial 
Say he should be sentenced 
For murder or manslaughter
Or SOMETHING 
For sure, some men were slaughtered
By a boy

Our country took the stand along with boy Kyle 
We sat slumped and soiled
A putrid pile
Of steaming failures
Malodorous culture 
Vigilante fashion

Despair and inequity from a system so vile 
Justice served from a pit toilet
Is still justice
Neck deep in status quo
A toxic breakdown
The death of our decency

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