Mr. Prime Minister Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFG HIJIHC KLMMNC HOPCEQ| Based on true events | A |
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| On Tuesday morning evil men and women raided Lincoln Road | B |
| It was a joint police military operation in the rush hour | C |
| The Jamaican security forces swarmed the area like locusts | D |
| And the damn idiots claimed that they were looking for criminals | E |
| Why did they not search the House of Parliament first | F |
| Mr Prime Minister do you regard this as police intelligence | G |
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| Do Jamaican police and soldiers know the meaning of criminal | H |
| Some dictionaries define criminal as a person who has committed a crime | I |
| But you cannot call people criminals before you prove their guilt | J |
| A suspect must be tried by a judge or jury in a court and convicted of a crime | I |
| Then and only then can you justifiably call the person a criminal | H |
| Is that not completely right Mr Prime Minister | C |
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| The police harassed and intimidated the poor citizens of the ghetto | K |
| Moreover the uncouth police addressed the civilians with obscenities | L |
| It is unlawful to utter bad words in public if I am not mistaken | M |
| The police detained scores of young men and one woman | M |
| And they threatened to kill the men whom they carried away in three trucks | N |
| Is that the way your dogs should treat the people Mr Prime Minister | C |
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| No police or soldier would go to a community alone and mistreat the people | H |
| Yet the security forces feel strong with the support of their colleagues | O |
| Those whom the police and soldiers pushed around were unarmed persons | P |
| That is not strength it is cowardice and bullyism Mr Prime Minister | C |
| Cowards and bullies usually pick on weak individuals | E |
| When will this governmental oppression and state terrorism end | Q |
Marlon Pitter
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