A charming abuser draws ever near,
Invades our homes, workplaces and schools.
We plead. We beg. We offer rewards.
Leave us unharmed.
The abuser tells stories
To our family and friends
Of our perfidy and foolishness,
Pealing away all self-defense
And defense by those who should care.
The abuser threatens
Each breath we take,
Taking our bodies as his own
And filling hospital beds
with our battered bodies.
The law steps back to allow
His plunder, his blunder, his smirks.
Oh how it hurts
This worsening abuse,
Forming a union of abusers
Under banners of ant-vax, anti-mask,
Patriots, Republicans, conservatives
Powered by money and influence
And cowardice.
annarino writes 