The wily fox found a gun,
Laying on the ground.
The curious fox picked it up,
Not realising what he had found.
He fiddled with the firearm
And came across the trigger,
He cocked the gun, and it went oiff,
Which made the old fox s.
Then suddenly, out of the bush,
A poacher popped his head.
This wily old fox was quick,
And shot the poacher dead.
Do men grow up from little boys?
Do they put away their childish toys?
Some join the forces and go to war and
Kill someone they never knew before
The grown-up game they play as they
Become more cynical, day by day
They use a gun
Is this necessary, or just for fun?
It's so sad
And bad
It should not be
A blot on all humanity
Do we teach boys
Who played with toys
It's manly to own a gun
To shoot a so-called enemy
Is this how wars began
These games have no place
If we want a better world for
The human race
(1/18/13)
gone are the mom and pop stores that i once knew
candy stores , malt shops,newspaper and magazine stands too.
life was so much simpler then, you knew your neighbors
and had a lot of friends.
schools were for learning, and where kids could go to play
now you don't see that on any given day.
teachers and adults were respected and a sense of pride in the air
" now a days no one seems to care".
they are trying to pass a stricter gun law
because of what happened at SANDY HOOK
but that won't happen, because we have too many POLITICAL crooks.
twenty little angels were taken away that day
and six adult educators who got in the gun mans way.
now i'm not against the second amendment
i think it's our given right , but when it comes
to "ASSAULT Weapons"
the public should start to fight.
the public don't need " assault weapons"
we must take them off the streets
these are weapons of mass destruction
being sold through "political corruption"
while children lay dead at our feet.
i think the publics "outrage" should be heard loud and clear
maybe then - it'll create political fear.
(C) L . RAMS
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