vox populi

the leaders of tomorrow bravely take to the dais
justified their precious life, 
     liberty and pursuit of happiness - 
     stolen under their figurative nose) 

     asper an unparalleled heist 
recouping quintessential basic human rights, 
     and will NOT yield an inch 
     (or any other minuscule amount), 

     if for no other reason 
     (and many more valid claims prevail) 
     such inalienable American birthrights 

     (codified decrees endowing freedoms -
     tattered to shreds via frenzy of bullets) 
     guaranteeing harm inviolable unjustly out priced
     sacrificed by lax second amendment spiced

within wanton murderous sprees wherein assassin
literally calls the shots (supplanting 
     assigned storied halls with din 
of fire arms (acquired 

     from pennies on the dollar, 
     or bartered for a bottle of gin
within the underbelly (viz black market) 
     of society, where trigger happy jinn nee

     as slaughter sans killing fields mount 
     with resignation vis a vis 
     tocollective shrugging shoulders prithee
and upend safe havens i.e. storied academic re:

deuce sing self preservation (UNFAIRLY) 
     to activist minded students tree
ting each day as a survivalist course, thus WE

as coined on legal tender (E Pluribus Unum)
MUST unite against love affair with pistols, no matter 
     one or more mere mortals
     think Matthew Scott cray ZEE!