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-------------------------------------------Mood: it takes a thinking mind
when I was young I remember watching
the democrats and republicans make policy
choices and elect candidates;
now the convention is a show, carefully planned
and revealed to woo the public
in Minnneapolis this week
record numbers of journalists
were arrested during protests
simply for covering the news
they thought worthy, their transcripts
held while they sat in jail
we didn't hear the whole story
inside the halls, a mere show
but outside the stuff that
a democracy is made of
the ideas we need to make decisions
we didn't hear.
now the mayor of Minneapolis
is being served with more than 60,000
signatures to drop the charges filed
against journalists who were simply
doing their jobs
it's time for us
to pay attention
democracy can't function
without a free press..
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