Nazis marched in the streets
armed with
fire flying flags flaunting
hatred that only fools
believe was defeated long ago.
Statues fall
humans grow
allegedly
but apparently
not yet.
Minds freed stood
in forces fighting
against a white sheet of invincible hate
the beliefs of an enemy capable
of surviving the test of all human existence.
Then he spoke words
eventually
words still so preposterously false
that ones with the ability to think clearly
are still puzzled trying to
process the propaganda
the ignorant rhetoric
spewed by an elected official
unfit to hit spell check
let alone lead the free world.
A spoiled child
raised by maids and privilege
wants to educate the masses
on what it means to be a great American?
A coward famous for dodging responsibility
whether it was
to family
to god
to country
believes that these Nazis
marching down the streets
of America were wronged by
someone who looks different than them
who thinks different than them?
That irony is repulsing and
proves that the fight for equality
might be an impossible dream dreamt
by greater leaders then
what we are left with
during these days of late.
Progress was drowned quickly
with a recessed sense
of what it means for
all men and women
to be created equal.
To defeat this klan
of power
there will be more blood
spilled
an inevitable evil
of all war
but bullet and blade
will not rule the day
nor will they determine the winner.
A war so rooted
in hatred
one with such a
violent history
can only be won when we
use our minds
to sense what
all men and women
should have in common
deceny.
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