Poetry Corner

A Shotgun Won't Protect You

A shotgun won’t protect you
From the things that they will do
An iron fence is no defense
Protection can spare no expense
Now comes the time of madness
Of chaos, rage and loss
There’s no place to hide when all about 
People you trusted are selling you out

A shotgun won’t protect you
From what the politicians do
Foreclose on your investments
While enjoying some refreshments
Tax your savings and your gains
Fill their pockets for your pains
Leave you poor and on the street
While they conspire, steal and cheat

A shotgun won’t protect you
From what the functionaries do
The bureaucrats and judges, keepers of the keys
Consign you to the docket, your property to seize
You cannot be found innocent
Of the crimes that they invent
With elements vague and ill-defined
Confess or not, you’re soon confined

A shotgun won’t protect you
From the things they’ll make you do
You believe of course you can resist
Your name is already on their list