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Bang-Bang Shoot-'Em-Up

Bang-bang shoot-'em-up
  Thousands died, violent scenes
Grade-B Cowboy-and-Indian films
  The rage on '50's TV screens

I had some dandy cowboy boots
  Tomahawk and Injun headdress too
Several pistols, silver bullets
  A long-nosed rifle, 'most brand new

Must have 'killed' a hundred friends
  as we played our favorite games
Yet every one came back to life
  not one insurance claim...

We always knew that what we did
  was pure pretend, not real
Like today's violent video games
  ~ the same old bloodless deal

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 10/6/2020 9:28:00 AM

You had fun Gershon that's all that counts (those were the days my friend, we thought the'd never end) but in today's world guns (pretend guns,) could lead to reality guns and a mass shooting. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/6/2020 3:20:00 PM

What I can't fathom is why a video game screen isn't perceived as 'not real' just as a TV screen is. Oh, well... You're probably right about today's guns leading to real guns, Jennifer. Here's to guns with exploding flowers. ~ Harry the Hippie

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/5/2020 8:10:00 PM

Truth is prancing forth out of this one for sure!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/6/2020 3:18:00 PM

On Dancer, On Prancer! On Donner and Vixen... Smiles, Gershon

Tom Cunningham

Date: 10/5/2020 6:50:00 PM

Wow that took me back, but when you think about it all that violence sometimes become the norm as we get older. Us humans are strange creatures. Tom

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/5/2020 7:41:00 PM

You're sure right about that... As the world turns... Blessings, Gershon