Like ICE
Now is the certain Winter
Of collective discontent
Descending with the steady steps
Of predators among us,
Eyes cold and clear
Like ICE.
No compassion for strangers
In those eyes,
No warmth for others
Behind those masks
Just coldness, hardness
Like ICE.
No argument nor explanation
Attended to;
No appeal is heard above the cutting wind
That follows in their wake
Like ICE.
Serve your country in defense of its ... culture?
Defend the indefensible
Send someone to tell
The poet woman's boy
So sorry, Mommy won't be coming back
Shot in the face 3 times
Brought it on herself
For lack of instant obedience
"Not mad at you, man",
Brought it on herself
So sorry
3 times
Not coming back.
So go down, O Patriot
Go down and announce it hard,
Carry it to her 6 year old son.
Wear his face in your heart
Frozen in unbounded grief
To the day you die
And they put you
On ICE.
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