firearms poem # 1
just saw a photo of an AR-15 assault
rifle on sale at spike’s tactical in florida
the store is a declared muslim-free zone
the gun’s three-way trigger boasts peace-
war-god wills it; a crusaders cross is
attached to its left side on the right a
quote from psalm 144 well the psalm
author knew not of assault rifles and
was of muslim blood himself there is
some ugly history in the bible I didn’t
learn in methodist sunday school like
when the israelites made friends and
converts of a rival tribe got them all
circumsized got them drunk to ease
the pain then slew them in their stupor
probably not one of our favorite bible
stories also read we are averaging one
gun massacre a week so far this year
mostly schools why not the
grade school next door to me
our universities just thought you’d
like to know, folks, that’s all –
©2015 Jacqueline Jackson
This article appears in Oct 8-14, 2015.
