It's On

Heroes are masked, monosyllabic but super.
The rat gangs obviously
are bad news and apparently
loose and reprehensible,
most are irredeemably dead-eyed.

It's on!

Action demands reaction,
busters need something to bust.
Make-believe peddles a glossy fantasy
until reality accommodates,
comes true
arrives not in good and bad costumes
but anonymously in SUV's, stolen bikes,
and highjacked Lincolns.

It goes on…

Momma bears are aroused,
sports fans are inflamed
creeps challenge, rob and mob.
A citizenry cowers then
strikes back with headlines.

It's most definitely on.

News flash -- it's over,

the good guys are back watching TV,
the delinquents and sociopath's
are out on no-bail,
the jail is a refuge for non-combatants.

On and off mostly.


Not long ago we were all masked
and suspected everyone,
but now
no one is guilty until freed -
all of us bleed.

Back on... it's Back On!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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