Pained Americana

Burning cross
Broken window with brick
Gunshots as paper read
Scream in the night
White hood
Black face
No time to think,
To run.

Mad man
Yanks yarmulke off
Knocks hot ash inside
Slams it back on
Red swastika
Dark beard
No time to think,
To run.

Lecherous creep
Grabs girl-child
Disappear behind building
Child screams
Trenchcoat bloody
Dead child
No time to think,
To run.

Ex-boyfriend
Takes gun
Shoots her, her family
Her new husband
Black rage
No love
No time to think,
To run.

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