Don’t Let Fear Steal Your Freedom!

And have a nice day! 🙂

Jack Herlocker
Resistance Poetry
2 min readMay 31, 2020

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Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Take off your mask, hug your neighbor, sing elbow-to-elbow in church. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Go to a bar, party at the beach, get your hair and nails done. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Sic the cops on that mean African-American man who told you follow the rules. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Take your guns to a demonstration without worrying about cops getting in your face. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Chase down some Black guy who looks suspicious, shoot him when he takes offense, and walk away because your daddy knows the law enforcement establishment. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Lift your voice in protest when those uppity people kneel during sacred times, like the start of football games, because this is about YOUR freedom, not theirs. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! When you (and the fine people with you) march with tiki torches and states rights flags and Indian good luck symbols, and your car drives into a crowd, that’s just peaceful protest, not the looting that starts the shooting. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Get those protesting people off the streets, and never mind them waving press passes around because you know those people make counterfeit things all the time. And have a nice day!

Don’t let fear steal your freedom! Feel free to kneel whenever you like, and wherever you like (unless it’s at the start of a football game, silly goose!), and if it’s on the neck of some thug (and you know he’s a thug, because a counterfeit $20 bill is the same as armed robbery) then that’s your right. And have a nice day!

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Jack Herlocker
Resistance Poetry

Husband & retiree. Developer, tech writer, & IT geek. I fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches. Occasionally do weird & goofy things.