99 Bullets
Latin X 1967 (Philadelphia)
99 bullets for Fred
2 bullets in his head
As he lay in his bed
He died for the people
Let’s organize and make a change
Don’t let his death be in vain
He lived for the people
He died for the people
What are you doing for the people?
You can kill the revolutionary but you can’t kill the revolution he said
Unfortunately, they killed him in his bed
99 bullets for Fred
2 bullets in his head
His queen laying near in his bed
Pregnant with his son
His life coming undone
About this poem
I wrote this poem based on Fred Hampton’s murder. Chairman Fred was an activist, Black Panther Party chair, he with others started the Rainbow Coalition.
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Submitted by LatinX on May 20, 2024
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| Scheme | AAa Bxx bB b a aAA acc |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 485 |
| Words | 107 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3 |
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