Month: April 2023

Guns-5

A Senate Republican, that’s what I am
The years that I’ve been here I’ve voted with Mitch
I’ve never liked Trump; he’s a President scam
But we’re I to say so, I’d find myself ditched

I like being Senator, perks there are many
We meet in committees but have little clout
We do what Trump signals, few changes, if any
We fear Trump’s disfavor; it leaves little doubt

Like you I’m appalled when mass shootings occur
I offer my prayers but the problem is guns
Like AR-15s, truly weapons of war
But in my situation not much can be done

I’m afraid of the MAGAs and fear NRA
They’ll make sure I’m defeated on Primary day
Unless I succumb, always voting their way
But I want to stay Senator; what can I say?

Most Senate Republicans feel just like me
They are profiles in cowardice – one priority
To stay put in office whatever might be
They are G.O.P. ‘s silent majority

4/28/2023

Guns-4

Hey, it’s not the gun’s fault the trigger was pulled
Or the fact that the bullets killed kids at that school
The culprit’s the shooter, why blame it on guns?
It’s a bad people problem when all’s said and done

The fact that the gun was a weapon of war –
Matters not what the weapon was really meant for
Could have been a bazooka – destroy the whole school
But selling bazookas, now that might be cruel

So tell me the difference; both are for war fighting
To own a bazooka would be quite exciting
You could be the first to own one in your crowd
Really build self esteem; make you feel strong and proud

Over three-fifty million guns in people’s homes
One sixty mass shootings just this year alone
Eleven thousand five hundred this year thus have died
All ages all places – there’s no place to hide

So tell me: sans AR-15s and the like
How many school children might still be alive?
And what were their lives worth; what value you’d say?
The price of an AR-15 on eBay

4/27/2023

If you’re eighteen and black
And you value your life
I’ve a bit of advice
Ways to cover your back

These are things to do not
So as not to be shot

Don’t go knocking on doors
Don’t go chasing a ball
Don’t drive cars that have flaws
Don’t look rich; don’t look poor
Don’t infract any laws
Don’t in church spend much time
Don’t in banks nor in shops
Don’t go jogging in parks
Don’t by day or when dark
Don’t give cause to the cops
Don’t cause 911 calls
Don’t resist cop arrests
Don’t complain nor protest
Don’t try running away

It might be your last day

Fearful anxieties
Plague our society
When blacks are the ones
Then, the answer is guns

Guns-2

Meritless hate mixed with meritless fear
A mindset that’s deadly when one adds a gun
Be you black, brown or Jewish there’s one thing that’s clear
Prejudice is traditional, father to son

You’re sub-human, you’re stupid, you’re arrogant, gross
But I’m a white Christian; I’m better than you
I know that you hate me; I can’t let you close
You’d do unto me what we’ve done unto you

Prejudice, an emotion that’s part of our being
We look down on others to pump up ourselves
But when it is central to our self esteem
It justifies actions extreme in themselves

A third of our people are diehard believers
That coloreds and Jews are the bane of the nation
Conspiracy falsehoods toward them as receivers
Keep them in a state of extreme agitation

That, plus gun purchases readily filled
And laws so permissive in how they are used
The answer to grievance or fear is to kill
The Second Amendment is thusly abused

Hate, fear and prejudice have been around
From time immemorial; they transform but stay
But gun fads are recent; can be voted down
We must be persistent, there’s no other way

4/20/2023

Guns-1

Ralph Yarl, a black boy, was shot in the head
By a man, eighty four.
He was scared; what he said
Shot him through the glass window of his secured door
Then shot him again after he’d fallen down
His defense: “Stand your ground”

In Phoenix, today, a young man with a gun
Killed some three randomly
On a wild shooting spree
Hard to say what he felt
Lots of bullets he sprayed ‘till deciding he’s done
To his life, said goodbye; turned the gun on himself

Cable news, there we witness our people in Congress
Who proudly display
On their jacket lapels bold assault-rifle pins
It’s the fad of the day
So what are they saying, when all’s said and done?
How to stop these mass killings is selling more guns

These vignettes, although different, have one commonality
We’re deep in gun culture
It’s now our reality
Thus manifesting and future-wise worsening
I’ve more on this topic that I’d like to say
But that will take place on some near-future day

4/18/2023

Indicted Trump was, yes, in spite of the nonsense
Surrounding the act, though historically first
That a now former president
No longer a resident
Of the White House
Neither he, nor his spouse
When the channel-news burst
His response was intense

Blame the courts, blame the judge
Blame the black prosecutor
It is unconstitutional
Grossly political
Justice upending
All this Trump’s contending
Though none really matters
The jury won’t budge

What’s really the nonsense are stupid responses
We hear from Republicans sticking with Trump
Deliberately blind
To Trump’s manifold crimes
Defying the law
What their eyes truly saw
‘Twas their chance him to dump
But they fear to take chances

I might guess it’s their fate
Trump to be candidate
While residing in jail
His election will fail
And the message it sends
The Trump era then ends

4/1/2023