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It was approximately 4 in the morning -
No different from any other day in a Third World Country...
I was walking that morning through Tiannamen Square...
When I caught sight of something that made me stop
on a dime
Within a plexiglass enclosure, on the main floor of the square/
there were many people seated
Most were neatly dressed and looked to have some sort
of purpose for being there...
Then there were the dissidents - tattered clothing -
unkempt hair - soiled faces - and worn shoes
These were the ones singled out
by the gestapo...
...simply because they were resting...
The gestapo were menacing
17 shots/tight black gloves/
and pepper spray
Each person who was sleeping....who looked
different from the Mainstream - was promptly set upon by the gestapo
They were surrounded by the gestapo, and the
aggressive aura which emanated from them
I couldn't hear the words that were exchanged
But, because I was viewing this encounter from
outside the box, and had witnessed it up close many times before...
...I knew that the gestapo's words weren't soothing or pleasant
Each innocent evildoer who didn't have the proper
papers for passage to somewhere was asked to leave the enclosure
Sickened by what I saw, I turned and began to
walk away...
And, immediately, these words blared from a public
address system: The Amtrak to Trenton is now boarding
at gate three
No...I wasn't in Tiannamen Square/I wasn't even
in a quote - unquote Third World Country
I was right at Penn Station/watching the police
carry out their acts of terrorism against the homeless
...Just like the terrorism that takes place overseas...
...So much for Democracy and the American Way...
