Reporter

Can't believe what I heard today.
Someone spray-painted "KKK" on the walls
of an elementary school
(and another word I refuse to repeat)
and the racist perpetrator is still on the streets.
No, it isn't 1967; it's 40 years later.
And our continuous tolerance of bigots and haters
has brought us no further in time than before.
Look around; is this what the future has in store?
Or do you yearn for much, much more?
I know I do, so I'm being proactive
Telling everyone exactly what happened
It's all part of my job, professionally
But also personally, I never want to see this again
in my community.
And this is my dilemma, you see:
How can I be impartial and tell the story accurately
When all I see is far short of our promised equality?
It bothers me sometimes.
I want to shout out, "No more! We're done with your
hate, your lies, your ignorant diatribes,
So get out of our lives!" But I can only write
The facts; I can't editorialize.
That prize is allowed to those paid more and smarter than I.