Hay sisters, we need the
Right to Vote! – We need
a real voice, protection from
dominating, independent
men – self serving tyrants.
Our strength are our greater
numbers girlfriends. Through
the voting process, tear-down
their entire system of abusive
male domination. Elect our
far more liberal candidates!
And so, the US has:
Liberal judges who refuse to
incarcerate, turn violent criminals
back out on the streets, time and
time again to cause more death and
destruction. Elect liberal governors
to office, so we have abortion up to
the day of birth – why not one more?
The day after. Put Marxist, liberal
politicians in office, Freedom hating
Communists – Sure! That’s a great
idea. Our children will bless us from
their future concentration camps. Yep,
Women’s suffrage! Now suffer us all!
GIVE PRAISE TO THE GUN
EIGHT KIDS THEIR LIVES ARE NOW DONE
GUN IS NUMBER ONE
Testosterone poisoning, there is no vaccine
That will keep this from killing all those in between
The coming of age and the coming unglued
Among one society segment imbued
With certain fixations which are second to none
When they fix on a target while coming undone
It can't be the tools they use in their trade
It must be some other trade-off we've made
For surely some illness is causing this schism
Besmirching what we know is exceptionalism
We have to get better with our institutions
Because we hold sacrosanct our constitution
Solutions will surely present themselves when
The sword remains mightier still than the pen
There's always exceptions proving the rules
And challenging history's only for fools
They always rush in where wise men refrain
We'll stay with the angels, we're holding the reins
This too, shall pass, it's happened before
It'll happen again, there's always one more
Misguided fool going off of the rails
Conservative minds will always prevail
Secure in the notion that right will make might
And the mighty will be sleeping soundly tonight
Speak stronger and louder with outrage assert
Right, Left or inane, it keeps us alert
Our First Amendment rights
Can be shorn overnight
When the Man shouts “quiet and you won’t get hurt!”
Pass him the rifle
Pass him the bullets
Pass him the bible
Pass him the Constitution
It’s for his survival
You wouldn’t understand, you are only a woman
Hand him the AK
Hand him your life
Hand him your fate
Hand him his rights
It’s for his ego
You wouldn’t understand, it’s for a man’s pride
He is a Christian, he was once a cadet
He is a Christian, this is his land
He is a Christian, a proudly stubborn vet
He is a Christian, he has a right to demand
It’s for his family
He doesn’t understand, Jesus never walked with a gun in his hand.
SECOND AMENDMENT
There once was a guy known as Abe Lincoln
As President he had done much thinkin’
But his choice of a play
Was a bad one that day
As in his balcony seat was sinkin’
Then another named John F Kennedy
Shot in Dallas, it was a tragedy
The assassination
Caused much speculation
For which the world was not truly ready
At a recent convention, it was Trump
But some shooter with a gun got the hump
A bullet clipped his ear
A miss, and yet so near
Some do say all that one sees is a lump
Freedom's song, first amendment's grace,
A symphony of rights we all embrace.
Speech unchained, beliefs untamed,
Press unburdened, grievances proclaimed.
In liberty's embrace, democracy inflames.
If to our views, you don't align;
You'll forfeit your right to post and opine.
When with your ideas, we do agree;
We grant you the right to speak free.
Should your thinking be different we find,
You must shut up till you get back in line.
Our prized First Amendment
has been challenged.
Now we must hide to whisper
in concealed corners.
January 15, 2020
Contest: 20-Word Max - Do It With Feeling
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Amendment to the Amendment
The right to bear arm's
The moment you pick up or
decide to purchase or own
a gun
In so doing you became a killer
Because bullets and guns don't kill
The people who buy them
and own them do
It's a choice without defense
Fighting his very nature,
disagreeing with himself again
Feelings demand what thoughts now command
—leaving verse to make amends
(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: September, 2019)
The Twenty-fifth Amendment
By Franklin Price
9/7/2018
The twenty-fifth amendment
Has the donkeys on a roll
Impeachment is too difficult
The work would take its toll
The twenty-fifth much faster
It appears that it is so
Can do it with the cabinet
If they think that Trump must go
The New York times has published
An insider's discontent
It's rumored now, they're all unhappy
The twenty-fifth can see he's sent
He should not be the president
Was never meant to be
Let's oust him with the twenty-fifth
Will be gone, you will see
Those who tout this grand amendment
Should read it once or twice
To see that it's not so easy
The procedure's not so nice
Whether or not successful
The twenty-fifth will have a cost
With no regard for voters' wants and needs
We the people will have lost
The cheese board met with Mr. Insane.
As a block they want cheese to remain.
So Mr. President’s heading,
to ban packaged shredding,
to make America grate once again.
Abortion becomes critical demand everywhere
Because civilization dares death, stares death-making where
Civilization as we know it, doesn't exist
Dare we give children for adoption, for no-one suggests
Especially to folks in our nation: "How is your foetus growing?"
Instead, how is the baby in your womb; Is it kicking? Is it!
An amendment
A soldier reclines
on a bed of mines,
Unmarked
Apart from a bindi.
A little girl stares
Through glazed, lifeless eyes,
Her clothes bloodied.
Her childhood discarded.
A woman distressed,
Weeps over her husband.
Her ex-husband.
Severely bludgeoned.
A lad lies lifeless
In Srebenica.
His head has exploded.
A pizza?
Girl, woman, man, lad
All victims of killing.
War? Rape? Murder? Arrest?
Resisting?
Never.
Thou shalt not kill.
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