In
Chicago when daily the bullets start to fly
And
Mayor Lightfoot offers of Trump help continues to deny
It’s
almost always only victims of color who are wounded or die
Yet
from Black Lives Matter not a peep or outcry
To
them a black life not killed by a cop does not matter
Ignore
when the trigger pulled by a black that a victim and his family’s life is
shattered
Day
and especially night black and browns wear on them a huge bulls eyes
Whether
just sleeping, being in a park, walking on a street, at a funeral this could be
the day you die
From
history and legends we learn
That
a despot Nero fiddled when Rome burned
Mayor
Lightfoot may not fiddle but like an ostrich her head is buried in the sand
As
blood from 385 shooting deaths and 1765 woundings flows across Chicago land
The
only response from this mayor is to warn Karen to watch out
And
to aldermen who complain to unleash a stream of profanity cursing shouts
After
15 blacks were shot attending a funeral and a three year old girl shot in the head
Mayor
Lightfoot reaches out for help not to Trump but to the public instead
An
unarmed posse going up against an army of amoral felons and thugs
When
throughout her administration they have been hiding from endless waves of slugs
Good
luck with that Lightfoot hope the morgues have capacity to spare
As
the sound of more and more deadly shots
fill the air
What
is frightening is that the carnage will get worse
The
few federal agents Trump is sending to protect federal buildings will not beat
back the defund the police curse
© July 22,
2020 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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