Mark Rubben shot by London police
sparked off riots after peaceful demonstrations
were texted together ,threading communities in defiance
of police harassment and racial unrest
Next,young opportunists sensed a weakness
in the social net,and used their Blackberries
to message unauthorized shopping/looting
Disgusted with this,London residents
tweeted together to clean up debris-to show community
to distinguish civic duty as distinct from anarchy
BBC ,using film crews,were set upon by those
whose instant messaging was as direct as smashed glass
Is this the future of social media?
To Tweet,IM,message,peer to peer
while mass media is as impotent as police to clear the streets
Issues unresolved include these conflicts between
tools of social violence/and those that weave communities..
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