The scarf caused confusion To his ignorant thoughts Consumed by hatred and violence He rang out eight shots The media danced In a pathetic flurry Talking of "parking spots" And "those Muslim students" First things first It was a hate crime The killer had been to their house More than one time He condescended He threatened He talked down Like bigots do Yet this is something The media tends to ignore Let's focus on something less tense Like a nice little parking spot Next it must be said That these were Americans Just because they're not white Doesn't mean they weren't born here Yet let the media dance continues Label them simply as "Muslims" It's easy to forget When it's just an "other" So the story obscures While these three young people are dead Will Obama come to their defense Or start another war instead