This Time
Horror, foul murder. butchering
children, this America always
with us, kept in news clips, remembered
where I found myself
the day the music...and all the
accumulated rage about innocents
in America, Asia, Europe ,Australia,
Africa, will they ever get
justice? Why allow killers to arm?
Abbott, do you not feel
any remorse, responsibility as governor
letting murderers
roam with handguns, rifles, shot guns,
automatic weapons
in your state which has suffered at
least three mass killings
over the last two years? When will they
stop? Will they ever
stop? Will you at least leave your
office and allow somebody
else to ban the sale of guns by
executive order? Will all senators,
governors and congressmen who have
shouted for the right
to bear arms receive the pink slip at
some future ballot box?
How can we clean house of millions of
fire arms and fiery
mouths, bragging, blathering blowhards?
How can this
poem reach all possible decisionmakers,
from school boards
to police chiefs to politicians and
judges? How can it be
read on the agenda of the Supreme
Court? God, can we make
a difference now, finally, once and for
all, find justice and create
a safer, resilient democracy in the
United States of America?
Indran Amirthanayagam, c) May 24,
2022