O say,
can you see during the parade by the late
morning light
What so proudly we hail'd as the parade passed in the late morning gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars what a patriotic sight
Through the parade route o'er the marchers and floats we watch'd
Were so gallantly streaming?
Then suddenly
from a roof top not a rampart the gun’s flashes glare
The sounds of bullets slicing through the air
That another mass shooter was still there
O say, does our
blood stained star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the mass shooting sprees
And the home of July 4th Parade watchers sent to the hospitals and
early graves
The shooter believed to be a white male 18-20 on the run
Fortunately for the police in his hurry to flee left behind his gun
Highland Park a suburb of Chicago, an infamous gun shooting and killing zone
With 6 shot dead and 31 wounded police are warning residents to shelter at home
We mourn for the wounded and the dead
Hope the Blues do not politicize the shooting full steam ahead
Pray the shooter by the police is quickly caught
Motive discovered and red flags missed so in the future other innocents are not
shot
© July 4, 2022 The Alaskanpoet
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