paranoia taints the evening sky
retaliation paints every gruesome picture
soaring rockets and bombs
striving without a single care
roaring bombs and rockets
delivered with a vengeful stare
bullets and blood
spilled in the street
blood and bullets
announcing death
destruction at our feet
these trouncing gang wars
meth pours like lava from mordant cracks
reckless shootings in the streets
fatal fentanyl attacks
this is the feckless economy of crime
domineering guerilla tactics
cynical reason and monetary rhyme
those trillions of blood soaked currencies
violence craves this bloody urgency
nothing new this frightful time
greedy fear drives this violent resurgence

 

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