Nov. 22 / 2017

[the mingo]

couple days ago
one of the neighbors
took a shot
at his wife
now he's in jail
she cleaned out the checking accounts
went back to Tennessee
was jealousy what did it
"for better or worse
in sickness & in health"
rain again
so much rain
always wondered why
since nothing grows here
this time of year

[judih]

take a shot day
or not
always a choice

[saw]

it's a hard rain gonna fall
and sometimes even a rain of bullets
and sometime you gotta pack up
and get the hell away from itchy trigger fingers

[the mingo]

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[sasha]

I was in the supermarket checkout that very day. The bagger in the adjacent aisle was trying without success to get a conversation going with the kid bagging my groceries, inviting him to a party that night. "Nah," the kid mumbled. "I don't do parties. I don't try to talk to people anymore. I don't even do Thanksgiving. Just me. Me and my guns."

Him and his guns... Jesus Fucking Christ, another disenfranchised adolescent loner masturbating with a bolt-action rifle... BANG clickclick-ping-clicksnap... A larval shooter, right here in my neighborhood...

Good thing the GOP has its endless supply of Thoughts & Prayers... so much easier to offer those while lowering the flag to half-mast than to actually DO something. But then, with their balls (or what passes for them) firmly in the NRA's grip, what else can we expect?

[creativesoul]

Me and my guns sounds much like a bad nieghborhood to me
Perhaps it would be wise to mention it to someone -
I’m convinced the anti- depressants are a factor
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