Massacres
By Ron Faust
The demonic genie shattered the bottle
Unleashing uranium over acres and acres
Of mass extermination over Hiroshima
The genie would not disappear even now
Even with “Duck and Cover” rehearsals
Even declaring nuclear weapons illegal
The nuclear arsenal expanded exponentially
Enlarging arms a thousand times the A-Bomb
Giving a false sense of security for MADness
Ending in Mutually Assured Destruction
Feeding a culture of fear and war contractors
People seem numb to a secret death wish
We have found zones of mass extermination
A gun culture of one mass shooting per day
The availability of guns invokes impulsive acts
To reach for a gun indiscriminately out of anger
Setting on fire a massacre of human lives
Non-violence must stop this massacre! Enough!
5/27/21 (On occasion in responding to the link of nuclear weapons (a protest held on Memorial Day) and the nine-person shooting in San Jose)
