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More Guns Rondeau

More Guns Roundeau

More guns killing people today.
Is it just another day?
Politicians offer prayer.
All the dead gun ghosts don’t care.
Have we completely lost our way?

To the gun ghosts, what do we say?
Our prayers are just another cliche.
Will the guns continue to flare?
More guns.

Will we continue to pay?
Will our country be able to stay?
Will hatred continue to stare?
Will there be an end to this nightmare?
Do we have any words left to sway?
More guns.

: aabba aabR aabbaR. Lines 9 and 15 are short


The Rondeau is a French form of fifteen lines with an intriguing pattern of rhyme and repetition, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/rondeau.html