Villanelle Against Automatic Weapons
Villanelle against Semi-Automatic Weapons
I am writing a gun law villanelle
For Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee,
Because our school yards have turned into hell.
Gun laws ring cracked as the Liberty Bell,
Because Congress fails to act or agree
To stop the killing so this villanelle
Might make these cowards finally rebel
Against the rapid triggered gun lobby
Whose automatic weapons make schools hell.
Magazine bullets cast an evil spell
In a field manual of arms that decree
A need for firing off this villanelle
To the begging hands of the infidel
NRA, who hire lackeys who can’t see
How AR-15s turn schools into hell.
From Columbine, Sandy Hook, & Parkland, shell
Casings prove gun worshipers bend their knee
To demons preying on schools as this villanelle
Calls for the end to this rampage from Hell.
Kemmer Anderson