El Paso: Another Shooting Poem by Richard St. Clair

Carnage, bloodshed, mass victimization,
Widespread terror is this gory legacy,
A stain upon the history of my nation,
A testament to collective mass lunacy.
America the Beautiful, a notion
Once praised for justice, freedom, liberty,
Is lost as killers dispense their angry potion
Of hatred, violence, and lack of mercy.
The powers that be languish in failed inaction,
Captive of corrupt and heartless interests,
While death is meted out, with lame reaction,
As Trump condemns all colored folk as pests.
I rise up in ferocity of outrage,
Crying out for strong and conscientious courage.