(with apologies to Jimmy Cliff)

Still many rivers to cross
for those whose language
includes words and phrases
the world has heard before

Riots and Rioters
Vandals and Vandalism
Terrorists and Terrorism
(Destruction of Property)

Did we here smile
a smile of deja vu
at images of that statue
taking a river-dive
(where else were they)

not just a statue
but a symbol of it all
just as those uniforms
are the planet over

Still many rivers to cross
will we find our way over

Television scenes of that piece of stone taking a dive, brought the 1969 Jimmy Cliff song to mind.