Once More (Apropos Orlando)

Once More…

(Apropos Orlando)

Once more and again

bigotry spreads

like a keloid of shame

across the face

of the promise land.

Once more

liberty and justice

proves to be

only for some—

serving Satan

in the name of God.

Once more

eschewed minds

flake death

to the tested innocent

living out

the tried truth—

their being

who they are:

children of the same God

blasphemed with desecration

of name.