Ruminating on Charlottesville

Let's call it what it is

And NOT cater to far-right haters--

Neo-Nazis, white supremacists,

And KKK demonstrators--

 

Who in polo shirts and carrying

Tiki torches in the night

Proclaim to us that expressing their hatred

And bigotry is their right.

 

Let's not legitimize

Efforts to take us back in time--

Efforts to recultivate

A prejudicial paradigm.

 

Trump and his administration

Of nativists and alt-right advisers,

Have openly given a green light to

Racist rally organizers.

 

Fringe groups that were somewhat obscured,

Have stepped into the light of day,

Emboldened by what irresponsible

Leaders might say or not say.

 

People were injured in the discord;

A counter demonstrator was killed.

Let's not allow desires for odious

Racial injustice to be fulfilled.

 

A president who says he wants

To make American great again

Is really much better at

Making America hate again.

 

(8-16-17) By Bob B

Reviews

[Poeticsecrets16]

Preach this poem. This really should be on national television. You deserve much more recognition than just this. Amazing!

[Phill Oz O'fee]

Very well written and poetically well penned ... should be published in your national newspapers and labelled 'Not Fake News' this is US reality ... :-)