Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Do Murders Seem Senseless

Violent offenders released without bail
  a senseless reform, it unfailingly fails

Victims walk alone in dark alleys at night
  then rant on the news 'bout the lack of streetlights

Movies at theatres feature a killing a minute
  Hollywood's culture of death implicated in it

Crude rap songs glorify every nasty habit imaginable
  blare from sidewalks and streets uninhabitable

Guns so easy to score on the meanest of streets
  adolescents own more than the cops on the beat

Single mothers on drugs, absent fathers in jail
  young kids left untended, what do 'values' avail

Do murders seem senseless ~ They're so often not
  They happen for good reason in the society we've got

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Valsa George February 21, 2022 at 6:57 PM "Single mothers on drugs, absent fathers in jail young kids left untended, what do 'values' avail".... The dismal picture of the world you have delineated so vividly ! This is exactly the state of affairs in many a part of the world.... ! So sad Gershon Wolf February 21, 2022 at 8:12 PM - And I thought that America was way ahead of the pack. Foolish me, I guess. Misery loves company, I guess. Thanks for the education, Valsa. Here's to Sanitation and Cleanliness, Gershon

Joseph P. DiMino February 21, 2022 at 6:49 PM The vast majority of them, totally unavoidable. A sad mess we are in -- not just America, but world over. There's an old saying: "if you are 18 and not a Liberal, you have no heart; and if you are 40 and still a Liberal, you have no brains." Gershon Wolf February 21, 2022 at 8:08 PM Love that saying about 40 and no brains. I had thought it came from Sir Winston Churchill, but I believe that is not the case... At any rate, whoever said it sure nailed it. Thanks for the insight, Joe.

Sara Kendrick February 21, 2022 at 2:05 PM Well, the home is the foundation of the next generation so we need to education the youth so they will grow up to be better citizens but of course it definitely goes deep, deep and much deeper. Children need a home based on a good value system and a belief in God. I enjoyed reading this one. Your visit to my page was gratifying. Thanks, Sara Gershon Wolf February 21, 2022 at 7:31 PM It all starts in the home, that's for sure. Thank you for the insight, Sara. ~ Gershon

Mike Gentile February 21, 2022 at 7:41 AM The violence is definitely senseless HW yet understandable as you deftly illustrate. I'm a lover, no violence for me! Happy Monday! Gershon Wolf February 21, 2022 at 7:16 PM Well, no vacations backpacking around Eastern Europe for you right now, Lover Boy! lol. Thanks, Mike. Florida Forever, (except in Hurricane Season). :) gw

Mystic Rose Rose February 21, 2022 at 2:55 AM So many things these days senseless to me, too much violence, not enough thinking through, I agree with you, Gershon :) Gershon Wolf February 21, 2022 at 7:15 PM And we 'think' that it's not all that 'violent' either... Gawd!... Thanks, Mystic.