The Gruesome Massacre In Tivoli Gardens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAD EFGBAH IJEKL MHANOE BPQAA ERSTU AVWXB| Compatriots we must never forget the gruesome massacre in Tivoli Gardens | A |
| Tivoli Gardens has the lowest crime rate and it is in fact the safest place in Kingston | B |
| Nevertheless most of the people who live there are treated unfairly by others | C |
| The ruling class callously violate the constitutional rights of the average persons | A |
| Indigent residents are often bullied and terrorised by the armed forces of the state | D |
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| The Prime Minister declared a convenient and unwarranted state of public emergency | E |
| Not surprisingly the daft commissioner of police adopted the mind of the Nazis | F |
| The National Arena subsequently became a temporary concentration camp | G |
| A murderous senior superintendent of police headed the pugnacious operation | B |
| The stupid cops assumed that people were harbouring a fugitive in Tivoli Gardens | A |
| Further they made a false accusation that gunmen attacked the security forces | H |
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| Police and soldiers fired shots at will into the community without aiming at a target | I |
| They gratuitously took human lives as if they were playing a harmless video game | J |
| The casualties of the senseless siege were young men young women and the elderly | E |
| Even terrified children under eight years old were shot and killed in their bed | K |
| We witnessed the appalling sight of dogs eating human carcasses in the streets | L |
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| Men and schoolboys were dragged from their homes and unjustly detained | M |
| Some youths were brutalised and murdered in cold blood by the security forces | H |
| The savage security forces burned some of the bodies of Jamaican citizens | A |
| Soldiers hurriedly buried corpses in mass graves to falsify the actual death toll | N |
| The names of the victims are written on the wall downtown lest we forget | O |
| And to add insult to injury the judge fell asleep in court during the sham inquiry | E |
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| This gross barbarism is an embarrassment to the leadership and the entire nation | B |
| Judiciary the blood and the anguish of the innocent ones cry out for prompt justice | P |
| We should strongly discourage societal discrimination against people from ghettos | Q |
| Not all the residents of Tivoli Gardens are idlers criminals and illiterate persons | A |
| Most of them do not mingle with robbers parasitic dons and demonic politicians | A |
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| The state has made Tivoli Gardens the scapegoat in a politically bewitched city | E |
| How much longer will the underprivileged people put up with prejudice and injustice | R |
| Our worst enemies are the scummy deceivers in the Whorehouse of Parliament | S |
| Aristocrats wise up when you observe the government oppressing the poor people | T |
| Fearlessly lash out against premeditated cruelty before it comes to your doorstep | U |
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| The evil minded authorities have no regard for the lives of the destitute civilians | A |
| We condemn the harassment intimidation abuse and slaughter of the innocent youths | V |
| And we demand satisfactory answers from the wicked leaders without delay | W |
| The brave residents of Tivoli Gardens are united and strong in the face of terror | X |
| We stand resolute in the ongoing struggle against tyranny injustice and oppression | B |
Marlon Pitter
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