I could never excuse, <br />Something that I've done. <br />To anyone for sport and fun. <br />Like the lawfulness of hunting... <br />That gives one a license to kill! <br />But abusive ignorance is condoned. <br />With a movement allowed... <br />That does not forgive. <br /> <br />And a society decaying as it is... <br />Continues to market its own decadence! <br />With escapes to lay the blame on terrorists. <br />As a prioritized 'short list' of deeds to accomplish, <br />Is void of virtues that do not exist! <br />Not as they should... <br />On streets in the 'hood! <br />Or reflected in suburban self righteousness. <br />Where there is a true crisis impending. <br />Those minds have long been bent. <br />To believe they are the center of the universe. <br /> <br />I could never excuse, <br />Something that I've done. <br />To anyone for sport and fun. <br />Like the lawfulness of hunting... <br />That gives one a license to kill! <br />But abusive ignorance is condoned. <br />With a movement allowed... <br />That does not forgive. <br /> <br />And thrive like so many, <br />On a hatred that lives! <br />Decaying as it is.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/decaying-as-it-is/
