Sacrifice

At the Democratic National Convention

A Muslim father did more than stun

The American audience when he spoke

Of the great sacrifice of his son.

 

Muslim-American Humayun Khan

Was killed by a bomb in Iraq when

The U.S. Army captain took

Heroic efforts to protect his men.

 

The father, Khizr Khan, denounced

Trump's xenophobic solution

For fighting terrorists and asked if Trump

Had ever read the Constitution.

 

The father pulled out the document

And held it up--in case Trump might need it--

And said that Trump could borrow his copy

If the candidate would read it.

 

"You have sacrificed nothing," he added.

To think about it makes me shiver.

What did Trump have to sacrifice

As he sold people down the river?

 

(7-30-16)