Rich Killers

A few ounces of steel
Formed the poor kids last meal
And a bit of copper for his dessert.

Maybe he deserved it, they said.

Either way, the kid’s dead.
It's just one more sad tale, either way.

The gunman thought he was a cop

And it was his job to stop
Any kid of another skin color.

We all pretended we cared

When the whole episode was aired

Every night on all the news networks.

The jury let the pretend cop go
And made the whole world know
Killing is what we sometimes "get" to do.
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So, the killer sold his gun

For a fantastic monetary sum
While we’ll sit back and scratch our collective heads.

Maybe we all should “weapon up”

And stir the poison in our cup.
Maybe someday we can be rich killers too.


* The gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin was auctioned today for $120,000. Some collector will display it as a piece of Americana, and loudly hail his Constitutional right to bear arms. Do not mistake me...I own a gun. It is secured and locked away. I think the degradation of our society makes self-preservation essential. I was trained by SWAT experts when I served law enforcement. But Zimmerman is far outside the framework of what our society was intended to be...will Texas now auction their death gurneys? Will Florida sell "Old Sparky"? God help our poor nation. They should melt every gun used to take a life.