poem of the day April 21 

The fantasy

of defending

your stuff

with a big gun

Of shooting first 

then asking 

questions 

has become

a national 

obsession 

This romance 

of taking the law 

into your own hands

Of us against them

Of standing your ground 

has been glorified 

and relentlessly 

pushed to the point

of insanity

So now when

someone

comes up 

to you

to ask a question

you will

shoot them

instead of

helping them