Category Archives: POETRY

the tears of curses caught by chance 

for surely I lack strength to hold

back the words I would spit out

at those who sigh platitudes 

and sow doubt at what I see

not before my eyes

such sights are hidden

lest we become so enraged

they can no longer play their game

they hide the view of truth

to soothe and tame

the beast I would become

should I be witness to what I cannot abide

the bullet riddled bodies 

of tiny children who have died

not in a mass casualty event as reported

but in mass murder by weapons of war

a war we make on our own children

to allow white supremacists to intimidate

and breed fear in churches, groceries and schools

until it is too late 

to stop the tide of fratricide

on every street in America

where bullies roam free on the backs

of states rights instead of holding firm

to embrace and uphold the Constitution

and claim superiority to hold power and deny

free speech to those who disagree

in patriotic peaceful assembly

while they bring their guns and weapons

to rallies and threaten

to destroy free society and democracy.

It is all of a piece connecting dots

displaying their duplicity in idiocy.

While our children are taught

how to avoid being killed at their desks.

I cannot write poetry which calmly states

the facts when all I want to say

is vote those guys out who refuse

to keep our children safe.

It is the least we can do,

the very lest.