Free to see: POEM
The Statue of Liberty in New York harbor is seen in this May 20, 2009 file photo.
Image by: MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS
Image by: MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS
In America there stands/ A statue by the sea/ Her eyes are open/ They call her Liberty/ So we can see/Just what it means/ To say you’re free
A soldier in Oakland
His face bloody stains
His eyes closed
Voice silenced by
Damage to the brains
In America there stands
A statue by the sea
Her eyes are open
They call her Liberty
So we can see
Just what it means
To say you’re free
In a place called Davis
Students sit and say
That justice is blind
Thanks to the cops
And pepper spray
In America there stands
A statue by the sea
Her eyes are open
They call her Liberty
So we can see
Just what it means
To say you’re free
With patriotic fervour
Freedom is your shout
Your vision hooded
So you can’t see
What the fuss is about
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