one shot, two shot, three shot, yell ICE!
whistle to your neighbor
warn them of nearby federal-agent crime.

four shot, five shot, six shot, strife
there’s blood in Minneapolis, 
taken poet & nurse lives. 

seven shot, eight shot, nine shot, lies
they tell us to believe that we’re terrorists, 
& not the evidence of our own eyes.

ten shot, ten shot, TEN SHOTS! trigger.
finals words: I’m not mad at you
the country,  a brittle splinter. 

“scared” MAGA men in masks 
claim self-defense
for their bruised-ego unloading 
on innocent civilian heads.

how is it “justified?”
even lawyers can’t explain
how precedent will withstand
four-years of sleeting legal maim.

for our nation, communities, 
still peacefully protest on foot.
pledge allegiance,
remember Alex Pretti
it’s time we get justice, 
for Good. 

L.W.