Newspoem 25 March 1998: Dan and Doris Sage

Dan & Doris sage are going to prison
For peacefully protesting the School for the Americas
Which trains Central American assassins and death squads
These two 70-year-old Unitarians are charged with trespassing

For peacefully protesting the School for the Americas
To commemorate the slaughter of six Jesuit priests
These two 70-year-old Unitarians are charged with trespassing
They are sentenced with six months and $3000

To commemorate the slaughter of six Jesuit priests
60 protestors carried crosses and nearly 1,000,000 signatures
They are sentenced with six months and $3000
"It seems unfair somehow" writes the New York Times Evelyn Nieves

60 protestors carried crosses and nearly 1,000,000 signatures
Demanding the closing of "School for the Assassins"
"It seems unfair somehow" writes the New York Times Evelyn Nieves
"When they were first arrested in 1996... they were warned that if they trespassed again, they could recieve up to six months in prison or a $500 fine, or both. No one they knew had ever received more than two months..."

Demanding the closing of "School for the Assassins"
Which trains Central American assassins and death squads
(they'll be released before next year's anniversary protest)
Dan & Doris sage are going to prison

1998