04-14-2023, 08:54 AM
Greater Fear
We need not fear the nutter with a gun,
convinced that his “oppression” ratifies
a coward’s violence, his victims’ cries
a message drowning all beneath his one.
Nor need the raddled queen abort his run
of promenading in a drag disguise
because we fear his fundamental lies
including that he’s having seemly fun.
No, what the sane and hardy must beware
and, to be honest, fear above all else
is starting to believe these nutters sane–
men, women; women, men– yes, that must scare
those like us, dear, whom evil still repels:
with madness valorized, delusions reign.
We need not fear the nutter with a gun,
convinced that his “oppression” ratifies
a coward’s violence, his victims’ cries
a message drowning all beneath his one.
Nor need the raddled queen abort his run
of promenading in a drag disguise
because we fear his fundamental lies
including that he’s having seemly fun.
No, what the sane and hardy must beware
and, to be honest, fear above all else
is starting to believe these nutters sane–
men, women; women, men– yes, that must scare
those like us, dear, whom evil still repels:
with madness valorized, delusions reign.
Non-practicing atheist