Those Who Have Lost Their Minds Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Who would believe it to see,
That these days craze and tensions...
Are slowly being raised to outrageous levels.
Even hardened criminals,
On their way to commit crimes...
Stop in their tracks to remove their masks,
With disbelief ordinary people...
Have begun to compete with them openly,
For the title of 'Those Who Have Lost Their Minds'.

It has become commonplace,
For people to call the police on their own relatives.
To then claim racism exists,
When someone is heard singing derogatory lyrics...
Blasted to promote over the radio,
A degrading of black folks.
Who then become offended by the 'whites',
They depict as racists destroying their human rights.
But no one objects when 'Live And In Concert',
They sit to witness their favorite artists...
Boast with profanity spewed with this choice to choose,
To demean and defame themselves the most.

And defenders of pretentions expect more respect.
But from where is it accepted if nowhere it is reflected...
With it given to do or received to get? .