Evelyn Augusto Poet Free verse

I Don'T Like Guns But

I don't like guns ... but

they make my husband feel
like a man and help him bond 
with our sons.  

I don't like them or how he 
describes the way they feel in 
his hand:  "Better than a tit",  
I heard him confide to his pal, Joey...

but something has to protect  us.  
I mean it's our right to be on guard.  
It's our right.

My husband spends all his
time with his guns:  cleaning them, 
polishing the barrels, studying their 
details.  And talking...talking about 
his gun rights, about his next NRA 
meeting or  what happened at the 
last or that he can't believe how 
good the right gun in his hand feels.  

I don't like guns...they made me                   disappear.

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Arturo Michael March 26, 2018 at 5:05 AM Seem like an obsession...really complicated when protection turns to power...All the best to both of you...

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 25, 2018 at 2:02 PM Oh wow, original and poignant, stirring. An excellent poem Evelyn.