BrooksLooks@ Why My Beloved Country?

WHY MY BELOVED COUNTRY?20190114_153943

another mass shooting
one more tragic day
another lost soul
shocked lost grieving
the rest of us pray

the media drill
rolls out the same way
who did the shooting?
what was his name?
who died and was injured?
are his parents to blame?
what were his motives?

a shrine grows
on hallowed ground
flowers are laid
between flickering votives
symbols of each light lost
at a profoundly steep cost

the soul of our nation
is now firmly at stake
there is a battle ahead
national ideals at stake

why my beloved country
have we not resolved
the issue of guns
have our leaders dissolved
why my beloved country
with tears pouring out
from so many eyes
are guns more precious
than our own children’s lives?

too little action
too many lies
through rivers of blood
anxious and anguished
our great nation cries
we can’t hold back
the flood of tears
in American eyes

© Brooks Bradbury 2013 | BrookLooks

BrooksLooks@ Beer

never understood the reason
why when you come near
all i want to do is
drink beer
all i need to do right now is to
drink beer

if you come by here more often
i’ll drink a lot more beer
i’m gonna start right now
am i the headlights or the deer?
just don’t try to stop me mister
i ain’t had that much beer

liquor liquor wine and beer
haven’t drunk enough it’s clear
because of you my world’s a blur
i’m out of synch BURB as it were

when you pass by my front gate
i head for the shelter
of an altered state
why can’t you get the message
i don’t live here any longer
i’m out buying kegs of beer
and even something stronger

liquor liquor wine and beer
haven’t drunk enough it’s clear
because of you my world’s a blur
i’m out of synch BURB as it were

go get a job and leave me alone
please throw me one single bone
with you i’ll never be alone
i run for the hills when you come near
all I want to do is drink beer
all I need right now is to drink beer

it’s such an amazing correlation
a crystal clear indication
between you and my intoxication
perhaps there’s a reason
or it’s simply out of fear
when i see you
all i want to do is
drink beer
when I see you i
drink beer

liquor liquor wine and beer
haven’t drunk enough it’s clear
because of you my world’s a blur
i’m out of synch BURB as it were

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