Jump. Dr. James Simmons

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      Revenge Is Too Damn Loud

      Signs on doors implore them to stop killing each other

      Graffiti on walls proclaim keepers of brothers

      Marchers sing for children lost

      But mother’s scream tells the greatest story

      A universal theme of unending pain

      So many names

      So many legends

      One root with so many blames

      But mostly because hearts become inflamed sometimes and have guns

      Because bullets are faster than anyone can run

      So they fall one after one

      Sometimes two by two covered in white sheets and chalk

      Inanimate sheets leaking blood

      Like it’s the code of the hood

      Fallen soldiers where promises once stood

      War heroes with history as their only witness

      Their plight billowed in words and songs

      Ingested by hip-hop throngs and generations

      As they sway to smoke-filled odysseys and an unending stream of retaliation

      Because revenge is too damn loud sometimes

      Louder even than the timeless ballads of “We Shall Overcome”

      Leaving stunned souls with nowhere to run

      Nowhere to turn to except toward closing caskets and funeral songs

      Savior, savior, hear our humblest cry

      While on others thou art calling

      Do not pass us by