Mr. FBI,
you went awry,
in what was said
and chose to spread—
it’s not related to the Jews,
not threatening, were your views.
Can this be true?
Was there no clue?
He didn’t take Muslims
to make his point,
no Black church to anoint,
or other people’s holy joint,
but a syn-a-gogue
on our sa-bbath day.
What part did you not get
about the threat?
No random act,
that’s a fact,
no MacDee’s nor Wendy’s,
no Kentucky Fries
held hostage to despise.
Let’s be clear,
don’t gaslight here.
Don’t cloud the issue
with verbal jujitsu,
or were the other places
just cities on the map,
no Jewish mishap.
The breaking news then followed suit
and called it moot:
no hate crime there,
no antisem to share.
Why choose Jews
to run your ruse?
Are our lives cheaper
for some grim reaper?
Tell me how,
what’s normal now
are attacks on us.
Don’t dismiss, don’t discount,
cause it’s tantamount
to saying, You’re on your own
but then,
we always are.
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Great account of what happened in Colleyville. Poem asks many pertinent questions, not only for this incident but for many others.
Larry, the Colleyville poem evokes a sadness, a regrettable resignation to the fact that many people just don’t get it! What will it take for
the general population to recognize this is hate in its vilest form? The fact that this has been happening for eons gives us all the right, and emphasizes the urgent need to ask the poignant question your poem calls to mind. Thank you, Ron