guidelines for change

Officer Paul said, “I thought it was a gun, so I started to shoot.”

 

We say, “if you can't tell the difference between a gun and a taser, then maybe don’t shoot.”

 

More hours of teaching and schooling is needed for our police because the things they do aren’t cute. 

 

Our citizens in low-income areas can’t afford a haircut but carry a gun and accidentally get hurt and we go mute.  

 

Instead, we can do community work and offer services like cuts and shape-ups in return for guns and I can assure that will be a hoot.

 

My gun for a suit?

 

My gun in exchange for you to teach me math and how to compute?

 

There’s so many options and we can do it together, pursuit.

 

Hungry adolescents with their guns exchanging their weapons for educational classes and free fruit.

 

All we can do it try and save our children, salute.

This poem is about: 
My country

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