thoughts and prayers ...
the ground stained with traces of blood
three times in two weeks
FYI: The year-by-year list of mass shootings in the United States.
There's much more that Congress can do to help that effort. And they can do it right now, They've offered plenty of thoughts and prayers — members of Congress — but they've passed not a single new federal law to reduce gun violence...
Enough prayers. Time for some action.
-- Joe Biden, April 9, 2021
Added:
under a painting
of the Callaway plantation
the governor's name
inscribed in the ironclad
voting rights law
FYI: This poem is a sequel to the following tanka written for Black History Month, which is "celebrated" in North America in February
Emory President praised
the three-fifths compromise ...
on the sun-tanned backs
of a row of black students
This is 5/5 outrageous
The idea that we have so many people dying every single day from gun violence in America is a blemish on our character as a nation...
ReplyDeleteThere's much more that Congress can do to help that effort. And they can do it right now, They've offered plenty of thoughts and prayers — members of Congress — but they've passed not a single new federal law to reduce gun violence...
Enough prayers. Time for some action.
-- Joe Biden
-- excerpted from "Joe Biden declares 'enough prayers' in announcing new gun control plan," ABC News, April 9, 2021, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-09/joe-biden-ghost-gun-executive-order/100055280