Lawrence Hall
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                         The Stopping Power of the American Incel

                         “I’m giving all my grandchildren AR rifles.”

                                          -my brother-in-law

And if my nieces and nephews fire their guns
To **** their classmates or some passers-by
Or maybe the neighbors’ little pre-school sons
They’ll still love the Second even as they fry

The killings in our streets we continue in jail:
Electrocution, drugs, shooting, or gassing
Or maybe by hanging – note how they choke and flail -
And the Ballcap Church will bless their passing

We’re such a shining city on our high hill
Compensating for our loser-ness with each patriotic ****