The line
between civilization and anarchy can be gossamer thin
And just a
fragile as a clean white snowflake on it downward fluttering spin
A thin blue
line stands between us and total chaos and crisis
Be it the
looters, rapists, robbers, murderers and a growing ISIS
The mantra
of “to protect and serve” was tested once again today
By a suspect
Gavin Long luring the thin blue line into harm’s way
Believed to
be a former Marine born on this very day
Instead of
blowing out 29 candles six cops he tried to slay
The most
dangerous weapon in the world is a U.S. Marine with a rifle
Definitely
the warrior with whom one would not want to trifle
We know not
yet whether the dead shooter was motivated by the rhetoric of BLM
Who in many cases entire police forces and
all cops they are too quick to condemn
“Pigs in a blanket fry them like bacon!”
Respect for the law and police totally
forsaken
Three Baton Rouge cops on the streets in
Baton Rouge now lie dead
Rather than coming home to wife and kids
they are at rest in the morgues instead
Perception in this 24/7 social media video
is reality’s 99 percent
With all the rhetoric too many police
believe they are now targets into which bullets will be sent
The president appeared and gave a brief
address
Prayers for the victims and families now in
great distress
A plea for unity and a condemnation of
targeting the cops
Instead of a plea for gun control, a plea
the level of rhetoric must drop
A first step might be that BLM change its
name to ALM
All Lives Matter and violence against
civilians or cops in a unified voice we all must condemn
©
July 17, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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