Martyrization

Now that Charlie Kirk is dead,

Christian nationalists will ask

If they can make him a Christian martyr.

Would that be a worthwhile task?

 

To make a martyr of a man

Who while debating stirred up hate

Would be a slap in the face to all

The people he would denigrate.

 

Radicalizing college students,

Kirk was clear about his goals:

Normalizing bigotry

And feeding ideas to far-right trolls.

 

His widow said that she forgave

Her husband's killer--a righteous pose.

But Trump used Kirk's memorial

To threaten his political foes.

 

He and others lie and say

That Charlie Kirk's assassination

Was a left-wing conspiracy--

A false, divisive accusation.

 

It's true that Kirk fit right in with

The MAGA world, and that's no bluff.

But there are some who think that he

Wasn't radical enough.

 

Racist Christo-fascists will now

Exploit Kirk's death to plan and scheme

To make his already over-the-top

Ideas even more extreme.

 

Trump will continue to placate far-right

Extremist groups. The hate will spread.

And people will ask, "How could this happen?"

While they're burying the dead.

 

-by Bob B (9-22-25)