Chicaoland

Chicago’s beating down the trodden, there
To stand in NATO’s opposition.  Peace
Is hardly in the offering; release
Of long or righteous rage, when any share
The burdens of invasion or of war,
Is likelier to spawn a bloody fight.
So far, however, fear has given flight
To quite absurd arrests, and many more
Fear-pushing headlines: riots, thugs, batons,
And one unfortunate, who, making beer,
Was branded “making bomb.” It mightn’t cheer
The worries of the readers to the cons
Of letting dissidents traverse the ground.
Thank god it’s not the other way around.