Boycott Arby's Not Chick-fil-A?

The news out of Pembroke makes any law abiding citizen want to weep

A growing war on cops who the safety for citizens tries to protect and keep

A cop pulls into an Arby’s in the drive through lane to an order place

Pulls up to the window in her squad car to pay only to meet this disgrace

The Arby’s clerk whose race or immigration status was not revealed

Refused to his order fill because of his uniform and policeman’s shield

This was not a case of a clerk at Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme

Looking out for the health of a cop to prevent donut obesity from gathering steam

This unnamed young worker most lifely stuck at minimum wage

Perhaps fueled by the Black Lives Matter rhetoric rage

Swayed by the lack of condemnation by Obama, not even a trace

Refused service and would not complete the sale

When will common sense and toning down the rhetoric prevail

It seems like only yesterday that restaurants welcomed cops

Nothing like ala Dirty Harry with over sugared coffee to robberies stop

No more with anti police rhetoric coming from our nation’s and cities’ political tops

“Leaders” like Obama and Diblasio have to try to divers communities unite

Not with flaming rhetoric summon violent adherents into the fight

A immediately apologized so boycotts of outraged citizens may not ensue

Unlike Chick-fil-A because of the founder’s private beliefs boycott demands not less but grew

© September 3, 2015, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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