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Newark, NJ - On June 14, while tanks roll down the streets of D.C. celebrating the sitting President’s birthday, New Jersey residents from Montclair to Cape May will gather in parks, town squares, and overpasses to declare: this is not what democracy looks like. This is the message behind the nationwide “No Kings” Day of Defiance — and in New Jersey, that message hits especially hard.
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there was nothing liberating about this day
this eyescalding screaming choking day
the sun went pale in revulsion
as a badged bully stole the breath of legions
on the neck of a helpless man
a man handcuffed, flat on his face,
totally subdued and very afraid
on the neck of a large conquered
expendable black man...
because the bully
sick with settler obsession
said so...
and the bully had buddies
drunk on the same cocktail
who protected the bully
choking the day
choking a people
choking our time...
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