Tonight Minneapolis cries out
Under siege from deadly Ice
Spreading an aggravating chill
In an already harsh winter.
Unhinged Ice raiders
Slip down freezing streets
Batter Neighbors
Shout curses
Bash in doors to
Shatter city peace.
Put knees on necks
Breaks some bones
Handcuff good people
Lock them in cages
Murder a smiling mother
Supporting her friends
Orphan her son
No empathy to pretend.
Schools raided — teach new
Lessons on uncivil intrusions
Churches invaded —
To worship ungodly delusions
Citizens mass with hardy resolution
And the spirit of empathy to
Protest armed bullies and militant racists,
Mock the frantic performance
And cowboy antics of B actors,
As Ice paints Minneapolis in
A veneer of red rage and
Alternative facts —
Labeled for now lawful
And laughably viable.
The White House staff doubles down
And well paid Fox insiders
Invent new crimes to
Intimidate the people.
A wannabe king
Searches for his crown
Decrees all resistance
Ugly and stupid
Keeps the lid tight on relevant information
No consideration of cost
Blocks release of secrets of child predation
Churns the melting pot
Stokes the chaos
Brings it to a boil
Says bad things happen
Heads crack open but
He knows nothing
Never backs down.
As a great metropolis
Defends against military occupation
No sign of mercy
Thinks it great fun
As opponents bleed red.
On these dark Minnesota nights
Nothing feels right,
Save for Good neighbors
Spreading salt down
To melt the terrors of ice
All over town.
THH
01/29/26 revised
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