T

[MichaelFirewalker]

listen to the T
lecture and conjecture

describe us as the nation
we are become today

T is for the trigger
we always figure
we will need

chosen for the way
we understood steel
machined to hold and mold
a country into one
baby nation begun
with gunsmoke nursed
from flintlock and musket
then others more
efficient

like the elegance we wore
against pioneer shoulders
that oiled and prized old
Indian killer
with its finely rifled
blue-black bore
regularly bathed
with uniquely fragrant shine
from Hoppys #9

Winchester
the ambitious gun
that handed us
a new frontier

our countless fingers
pulled countless triggers
repeating rifles repeated
over over over loud
with little thought
hardly any wisdom
and not enough fear

then our great advancement
into the ultimate
weapon that could vaporize
a planet

and now
many infinitely more
bloody weapons fill
our terrifying stores

and we are worthy
to be called
the infamous and proud
exceeding deadly
Americans

the T
that taught a world
two things

how to kill

and how to disappear

[LeoVictorBriones (poetremains)]

Nice social commentary here. I like the language as well:

error here though:\

describe us as the nation
we are become today

we have become

Nice write

Thanks

[MichaelFirewalker]

good to hear from you, dear brother Leo----no, that's not a mistake----did it on purpose----am perfectly aware of have become, but in this poem I like the sound of are become better----you know how michael bends all rules...glad you liked it...

michael