“Guns are not the Problem …”
…
Republican Rep. Ralph Norman
pulled out his loaded,
.38-caliber Smith & Wesson
last Friday
& laid it on the table
at a diner
as he met with constituents
in Rock Hill,
South Carolina.
…
I wonder when read this
what makes us so different
Ralph Norman
& I …
Mr. Martin,
born in England
in 1956,
…
because to me
this seems both utterly ludicrous
a tad dangerous &
let us say
unnecessary,
…
& we both have blood
coursing through our veins,
feel love for family,
like the feel
of a cool wind
upon our faces,
…
& yet Ralph Norman
seems to me
as if from some form
of unnatural birth
or such,
with his apparent
warm love
for his loaded pistol,
& his flagrant disregard
for how shall I put it,
other’s nervousness
timidity or simple
just plain
fear,
…
as it seems Ralph Norman
feels a certain
Frontier Lone Star Sheriff
kind of bluster & swagger
& “see my gun,
feel my power”
sort of thing,
…
& me …
I didn’t grow up
with an AK47
hanging on the wall,
just in case …
for example
some sort of
Unforgiving Socialist Dictatorship
visited this
Shining City
on a Hill,
…
I loath gun culture
& a country where
folks are encouraged
to arm themselves
to the very teeth,
is a country
which …
…
oh …
son of gun,
fill that blank
in for yourself.
…
“Mental health, and more importantly, a lack of morality,
is the driving force behind this epidemic.
Guns are not the problem.”
Ralph Norman, an armed Republican.
