He said that if he wanted a news update he could have stayed home and watched CNN.

When the politic begins to negatively affect the person and without even knowing any of the persons involved personally, the responsiblity of the poet is meet and something is written and words are said and people are again affected, well then we have a situation where art can possibly accomplish what it is born for. 

The rest is just dressing for white walls wishing they were anything but.