By: Cedric McClester

In an apparent act
Of emotional *******
They burned down the town
Take a look around
Like police were on vacation
Or at a donut shop
Because it didn’t stop
Until the Governor ran out of patience

We can blame the Mayor
For her reticent position
While the provocateurs
Were on their mission
Busting into stores galore
Like they had permission
While home owners crossed their fingers
Hoping and wishing

Burn down the town
Has anybody got a match
See the cloth’s stuffed down
In the gasoline -  catch
Like a perfect plan
Somebody must have hatched
And Mom and Pop
Are headed for a bad patch

It’s the residents who lose
In the very end
And it’s a sad message
That the evil doers send
To everybody else
Who has to live there and
They have no noble cause
So why should we pretend


© Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester.  All rights reserved.