written before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) conducted a fact-finding investigation, Davao City, Philippines
I have seen in news
almost go up in numbers
alarming killings
here and there
salvaging alleged drug dealers
abducting shabu users
children publicly viewing
thru mass media
from usual crime scene
so frightening
their undefined deaths
neutralize evil attempts
as protagonist says
but from stand point
of human rights activists
an act for intentional curse
stretching laws out too
far from arms
slashing gist of given life
bleed victims recipient’s sigh
griefing
questing concerned public
how much liters of blood
will flow and pour down the streets
before reckoning justice?
or shall we wait that
all leading witnesses die in vain
(now hiding in fear and shame)
and incidentally coincidentally
accidentally intentionally
be added to the proliferating
numbers of extra judicial killings?
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