Haphazard words may

birth poetic obscenity in which

only certain people

are seen as the new

glorious focus every day

And those people can then

apparently force their will

on all others, and can

say that because their elders

suffered non-freedom, now all

alive today beside them

should bear some 

type of retribution

But in an uncompromising response

I simply say “No”

and list my constructive

reminiscences, and try to force

my mind to give my body

order. And I don’t waste

time. I champion self-protection

and preservation

And I know that years

ago, and still today

many lived incorrectly, but

I say color was less a

factor then than simply

the desire of some to

have others do their

manual labor for them

Still, a good poet

and/or pen man or

pen woman can

always unrhyme or

unpen his or her

way out of poetic 

or literary messes

And maybe in that quest

he or she needs to pledge

allegiance to Liberty, E

Pluribus Unum, and In

God We Trust

And maybe on

metal money he or

she should acknowledge

John, George, Franklin,

Thomas, and Abe

And on paper

Benjamin, Ulysses, Andrew,

Alexander, Abe, George, and

even Thomas on a bill that

doesn’t circulate

Yes, they were great men although

of course they had their faults,

as do we all, but

to be neutral

in regard to skin color

we must not demand an

end to police forces

that protect us all,

so that some of us

can break whichever laws

we wish