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This poem can be sung to the melody of the theme song of that old TV show, "Car 54, Where Are You?"

Angry Rising Tide

One school shooting in Alabama
  And another in Louisiana

Here's a protest in the park
  That's gone on and on past dark

There's an angry rising tide 
  Demanding gun-violence to subside  

Courage and Change ~ Where Are You??
  (Ooh, Ooh, America: Wake up!)

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Al Juman

July 3, 2018 at 11:58 AM

don't like anything that tries to God: got you my friend

Gershon Wolf

July 3, 2018 at 1:55 PM

Not sure I understand, but thank you for your visit and for checking out the poem! ~ Gersho

Mike Gentile

June 26, 2018 at 8:45 AM

Right to the point, Gershon. I am so discouraged with the state of thing right now. Now, I can easily envision how the American Civil War occurred whereas previously, as a passage in a history book, I wondered, could people be so stupid. Grete write!

Gershon Wolf

June 26, 2018 at 4:37 PM

Great comment! 639,000 or so had to die in what they dubbed the 'civil' war --not so civil, methinks. What'll it take today? --- Probably California seceding from the Union, Illinois going bankrupt, and someone building a wall around Washington, D.C. (not a bad idea!) before we wake up. Thanks for your insights, Mike! ~ gershon

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

June 26, 2018 at 8:37 AM

Mo hugs. Great ink my friend.

Gershon Wolf

June 26, 2018 at 4:35 PM

Mo appreciation. Thank you, as always. :) gw

Arturo Michael

June 26, 2018 at 1:34 AM

And there's more media attention today than 60s-70s ... a change must come if we only wake up...

Gershon Wolf

June 26, 2018 at 4:35 PM

Truer words were never spoken. Thank you for your insight, Arturo! ~ gershon

Janice Canerdy

June 25, 2018 at 10:37 PM

You're so right, Gershon. And where is civility? Celebrities and leaders now just holler whatever is on their minds. We're all supposed to have a "filter" in our minds that keep some things from rushing out our mouths. The number of people who lack that filter is steadily increasing. Whoa! You didn't ask for all that, did you?! Good job on the poem. Janice

Gershon Wolf

June 27, 2018 at 10:33 AM

Don't worry, Janice! What a great comment!! More, more, please. I so enjoy it when someone is actually sincerely moved by something, esp. something as important as this is! Civility, restraint, rule of law, modesty, not hanging our wash out on the public line to dry, ---all these things seem to have gone by the wayside...Janice, tell me more whenever you want! Thanks, Gershon

Lyric Man

June 25, 2018 at 9:29 PM

Our country is getting crazy. Political parties threatening one another.. it's insane! Where are the Beatles when we need them?!?!

Gershon Wolf

June 26, 2018 at 4:34 PM

--Too busy making millions, I guess.The only person I can think of today who could calm things down is Laura Bush. I'd vote for her in a heartbeat. Too bad she won't run: She doesn't want the 'limelight,'and she's way too decent a person for the vulgar circus which national and international diplomacy has become. After all, if Yasir Arafat and Vladimir Putin can win peace prizes, whence sanity?! ...Thanks for weighing in, Lyric. Best wishes, Gershon