dew drop in 2023

gun grief

Gun grief

After every incident
Of mass gun violence
In the U.S.

And sadly around the world
But not as much
As the US
Remains the mass murder
capital of the world.

We are number one in gun murders
Because we have so many guns
25 percent of the world’s guns.

Pictures emerge
Of the killers
Almost always white men.

Who stares out at you
With soulless dead eyes
Filled with hate, fear
And sheer madness.

With the thousand-year stare
Of the madman
Who only hears

The voices in his head
Screaming kill them all
Kill them all.

And as always
They usually legally bought
The guns.

This case was a bit different
The gunman briefly had his guns
Taken away from him
And his 60 knives as well

But the red flag law
Is not a permanent ban
As it should be

And so he was able
To re-arm himself
With the best weapons
In the world
At a very affordable price

And so he became lost
Down the rabbit hole
Of drugs and insanity

Went out determined to kill
As many people as he could
And he did.

And on this day
We all experience grief
Sadness at the madness

And anger at the feckless
Politicians who shed crocodile tears
Offering useless thoughts and prayers

The gun ghosts don’t care
They are dead
Because guns killed them

So enough no more
Let's get up
From our chairs

And demand action
Rather than give into
Grief and despair

But sadly
Nothing will change
There will be another

Mass shooting
And another
And another

That is just the way
It is in this day and age
Of America

The land of the free
Home of the brave
And 400 million guns.