Mario Hamel
Posted on June 19th, 2011
Dr Ruwan M JayatungeƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ –This Poem is dedicated to Mario Hamel ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” a homeless man who was shot and killed ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ by the Montreal Police in June 2011ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Ho Mario MarioƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Ho Mario you poor soulƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Hungry cold and wastedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Drifter and a social destituteƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Abandoned by guardian angelsƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
When you discontinuedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ LithiumƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Your mood may have become unstableƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
ProbablyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ you ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ have lost the realityƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Unable toƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ figureƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ out the dangerƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
You were not striking at anyoneƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
But only at your selfƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
When the battle of sanity vs insanity beganƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
You lost it indeedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Lost it completelyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
When you were acting outƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
You wereƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ disconnectedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ and incoherentƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Never had an idea for a secondƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
You wereƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ surroundedƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ by cops with deadly magnum forceƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
When the bullets hit your bodyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
You touched the groundƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
This is how your story ended
sadly andƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ savagelyƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚
Another homeless insignificant manƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ became history
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June 22nd, 2011 at 5:49 am
It is said that the level of Civilisation in any country will be judged on how the poor & the weak are treated ….
We thank Dr Ruwan Jayatunge for bringing this sad event to our notice in a sensitive way.