The worship of the gun, the religious zeal

of caressing the weapon and praying

over its deliverance is just as wicked

as holding a Bible or holy text up

and proclaiming that you take a life

because your god told you to.

 

Yet we do nothing, the death toll keeps rising

year on year on year on year,

like a man addicted to powders

that boost his sagging virility, his prowess

in the bedroom assured with a fully loaded

and cocked ladies pearl handled gun