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Finger On The Trigger

David Michael Schmidt

is it time to stop squeezing the trigger/
just a slight little pressure of the index finger/
such an easy impulse to just pull/
it is not just a few people that are involved/
collectively, we are all pulling the trigger/
as long as society condones the actions and says
that it’s okay to squeeze then nothing will change /
we all have powder burns on our fingers/
we will act appalled when someone is gunned down/
the typical conversation is initiated to create the politically
correct scenario to satiate the bothered masses/
we all pretend that this time things will change/
but the trigger has just been around too long/
men worship the trigger and adore its power/
the result of a small projectile piercing the tissue/
it almost seems magic when we think of it/
it is so damn easy to do/
the only obstacle in its way is our conscience /
but we have all learned how to quiet down that rambunctious child/

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