Gunman
It wasn’t President Biden;
It wasn’t the FBI.
It wasn’t that old actor,
Or some TV anchor guy.
It was a loner with a rifle,
That he borrowed from his pop;
And once again America’s dream
Is the nightmare that won’t stop.
Comments
Nice one, Stephen!
This was my take:
It got him in the ear
But was aiming for his head
He was up shaking his fist
When he could’ve been brown bread
Underneath a Secret Service sprawl
And the bullet came from his side of the wall
It got him in the ear
And he didn’t even duck
But some others in the crowd
Didn’t have that kind of luck
Corey Contemporare took the fall
And the bullet came from his side of the wall
It got him in the ear
It was a bit tin anyway
He’s less of a listener
And more I’ll have my say
Now he’s a shoe-in for the Whitehouse in the fall
And the bullet came from his side of the wall
Thanks, MC and New Shoes. In real life, cock-up usually prevails over conspiracy, but I'm sure that plenty of theories will keep coming. Remember Donald Trump's 'birther' lies about Barrack Obama? We got 'em, as someone said.
My thanks to Nigel, Hugh, Manish, Holden, Clare and Keletso for their support.
Family health is an issue. There are reasons to possess firearms.
My primary questions - and there should always be questions in
such an event - refer to the number of shots fired and WHY
audience members were targeted IF Crooks' aim (literally) as a
"lone gunman" was to kill Trump? Logic alone points to the
suspicion that there is more to this than meets the eye, not least
the abject absence of basic protective measures which should
have been operational. Those with experience in work
involving "protection duty" are already querying this pre-emptive
failing in a specific controllable environment, and I can see why. Let's
hear more about essential evidence
relating to audio source(s) of fire, bullet trajectory etc. and located spent bullets.
And let's pay attention to stuff like
Fentanyl that plagues American life and
criminal behaviour.
Thanks, Graham and Greg. This sorry episode, which led to the death of a member of the audience, is another manifestation of US gun culture. It is tragically ironic that this happened at a meeting of the party which espouses virtually unlimited gun ownership.
The old mantra 'guns don't kill, people do', ignores the fact that it's useful for such people to have one handy.
Thanks again for your comments.
It is still the wild west, Graham. That's their mindset, that's the problem. Preserving the wild west is what Maga is all about.
How awful that this perpetual violent merry-go-round of shootings is castigated by seemingly everyone, but Americans still cling on to their 'right to bear arms' as if it is still the wild west!! They have to change!! Especially carrying in public
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Stephen Gospage
Fri 26th Jul 2024 06:43
Thanks Steve. This is a difficult subject and I think your poem gets the balance right. Violence is always to be condemned, and this act was tragic in so many ways, but Trump didn't suddenly become a nice guy or a better person because someone shot at him. In fact, he seems to be as graceless and obnoxious as ever.
Having said that, with the appearance of Kamala Harris, he seems to be less of a shoe-in for November than seemed to be the case last week. Let's hope so, for all our sakes.