8.1.15

Poem for Charlie Hebdo

Je Suis Charlie
by Greg Santos

Alert
At home
We hid under a desk

Outraged
Firebombed
Brutally threatened

Sombre
Darkest day
Disappearing

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Bolstered
Pledge
Let us unite

Tell the media
Defend art
We will win

Waving pens and papers
Armed and dangerous
Final coup de grĂ¢ce

Author's note: This poem was written using text remixed from the following article on the Charlie Hebdo shooting from CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/charlie-hebdo-paris-shooting-12-dead-after-gunmen-storm-newspaper-s-hq-1.289215).

1 comment:

S.E.Ingraham said...

This wonderful Greg...I was hoping to do something similar, but I don't think I can match your eloquence. Je suis Charlie. Thank you.