America is a nation of ticking time bombs
people feeling dejected and rejected
people feeling disconnected and cut off
from friends and families
people feeling shit on by society
people feeling alone and forsaken
people who have taken psychotropic drugs
for so long they can’t remember
what life was like before
people who only remember America
at war
people who just don’t care anymore
these people
and others like them
have better access to guns and ammunition
than to a healthy home
and a decent physician.
There have been 18 school shootings
so far this year
and the response is
what it has always been:
more fear
and of course more security
and more locks
lets just turn the schools into Ft. Knox
but its just more and more
of the same old
same old
more and more
lies told
more and more
of humanity gets sold
to make a buck
and more and more we suffer
and less and less we give a fuck
when thousands die in the Middle East
we bear the burden
but we fuel the beast
and the least we could do
is see the connection
but we say things will change,
come next election
and it’s strange that we can’t see
that the violence overseas
is tied to the violence
we see in our schools
when a culture of violence
is our golden rule.
The NRA is right
guns AREN’T the problem
AMERICA is the problem
America is the ticking time bomb
guns are the match
that lights the fuse
some people drown in booze,
some choose the trigger
but the problem is so much bigger
than we let on.
We’re so afraid
of boogeymen
and shadows
that we feel the need
to hold death in our hands
but it’s never the boogeymen
laying in the ICU
it’s never the shadows
laying dead in a classroom.
Yes, the NRA is right
guns aren’t the problem…
a country
whose people feel they need guns
feel they deserve guns
feel it’s their god given right to have guns
not to kill deer
but to kill people…
that is the problem.
They beat you for protesting Wall Street
the endless war
and killer police
but you can walk down the street
with death by your side
exclaiming your pride in the constitution
even without a regulated militia.
Yes, there have been 18 school shootings
so far this year
but how many bombings have there been
how many children, women, and men
has America killed
since the first of the year?
how many more will die
here and abroad
because of fear?
soitgoes1984 