That man sounds like some cheap gangster
Faking up the public anger
Necessary when a coward
Has a killing to move forward
But can’t find the guts within him
In cold blood to kill his victim
So his fear of looking foolish
After threats both wild and stupid
Gives the shove he needs to do what
Worse men do more easily.
So there’s that
For consolation, once destruction
Runs its course:
It could have been worse.
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