Christmas Eve Massacre
At birth, I was cast into a flaming pit of scum forgotten by God.
— Mickey Knox
America the Beautiful
unaccepting of the past
such pride & prejudice
home to many haters
birthing mass murderers
one day at a time
Smoke & mirror history
gives way to a new reality
this twenty-first century
exposure & denial
run rampant on the streets
like Natural Born Killers
november two thousand twenty-two
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Certainly indicative of much of today’s society. However, there are a great deal of good, moral, wholesome and hardworking people around. I fear they are evaporating though.
Yes, there are indeed so many hard-working people throughout the world, but what’s happening here at home is so very difficult to comprehend. I would like to think the good will win over evil, but at what cost? Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Carl.
Agree. The world’s ugliness leaves very little room for optimism.
Sadly the acts of the minority overshadow those of the good and, as we become ‘used’ to such horrors, they only become more extreme. Well written.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this piece, Chris.