"Arms of Fire"

Intro by Gail Bruce

The current news in AMERICA is heart breaking on so many levels. But the lawlessness of America ranks at the top of the list.

We are killing ourselves, and others, including our children, at an alarming rate.

Cynthia Adler, our socio-political satirist, has written a poem that reflects and captures the violence of our time. We welcome your comments.

Arms of Fire

By Cynthia Adler

Triggers of collusion
mounted
and loaded
into
empty apologies
carefully worded
so as not to
cause disruption
in
cash flow

lives
obliterated
decimated
and families crushed
beneath the blow
of
out-laws...
steel barriers to
justice
and any care
for
humanity

what can your money
buy you?

when
your bullets
have
crushed a nation
and a gun
can be gotten
as easily
as
a
lollipop
it is on you...
it is
in
your hands

filled
with the blood
of deceit
and greed
and
silence
and the
cold truth
of a country
who
is
buying
and selling...
it’s soul

Cynthia Adler

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