The Strangest Thing About It Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

They are purchasing weapons to protect themselves.

'From what?
From who? '

Themselves.
Have you seen the monsters they've created?

'No.
I don't watch TV.
And I only listen to music I can pick and download.
The only weapons purchased in my neighborhood,
Is crack.
And the folks on that don't make it.'

So...
You don't own a weapon.
Everybody should have a weapon.

'Faith is my weapon.
And the strangest thing about it is...
People who claim to be of faith,
Have faithfully destroyed that...
For possessions being repossessed,
No one wants nor either can they keep.
Most people today fear the paying of higher taxes.
To then believe their lives are being threatened,
By someone else wishing to pay for their debts.'