the mob mentality

they protest

that the police are scary
with their
dark

suits,
their helmets. their tear
gas

and batons.
they won't let us burn down
our city.

or toss and turn
over
whatever lies before us.

they're in the way of us
destroying

the property and businesses
of others.

how dare they.
we are the righteous mob.

we have no where else
to be.

no ambitions short of shouting
slogans
holding placards

we are jobless, uneducated,
bored
with our lives,

naive.