[Newspoetry] screaming piece: j20

[Joe Futrelle]

Protests against the G8 summit in Genoa last week erupted into
violence when a sinister group known as the "blue bloc" split off from
an infinitessimal minority of the paramilitary troops stationed to
protect the delegates and went on a violent rampage that left one
dead, many injured, and resulted in over a million dollars worth of
damage to property.

Summit leaders gave each other rhetorical hand jobs while the
mainstream media fawned over every pathetic, conniving word that oozed
out of their sneering, contemptuous mouths.  Meanwhile the blue bloc
beat innocent people over and over again with sticks until their
unconscious, bleeding bodies could no longer protest.

That is, when they weren't shooting them with guns and running them
over with trucks.

Later, the well-organized bloc confiscated all evidence of their
wrongdoing, which was really just a formality, since the papers had
since gone back to reporting on golf tournaments.  Computers, hard
drives, audio recorders, and any other device that might be used to
transmit evidence against the bloc were confiscated and destroyed.
People in the vicinity were clubbed just for laughs.

The bloc charged one of its snipers with murder to send a message that
those bloc officers with deadly weapons should wait until the cameras
are confiscated before they begin shooting.

Poets buried their heads in their typewriters and cried for a language
too beautiful to be barked from an officer's bullhorn or stamped into
newsprint.

--
Joe Futrelle
editor-without-chief
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