{"id":2753,"date":"2026-03-31T09:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:17:41","slug":"gun-violence-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/gun-violence-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"GUN VIOLENCE — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

GUN VIOLENCE <\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

02-16-2018<\/p>\n

There are just so many guns,
\nThey seem to be everywhere,
\nKids are dead in our schools,
\nPoliticians don’t seem to care.<\/p>\n

When will all this madness stop?
\nIt happened once then yet again,
\nMen in government all just talk,
\nBut real action when oh when?<\/p>\n

So sold out to all the lobbies,
\nDirty money their pockets line,
\nJust kick them out of office,
\nIf they really have no spine.<\/p>\n

Something’s wrong in the nation,
\nA death culture has taken seed,
\nNo respect for life or morals,
\nI see it in the news that I read.<\/p>\n

Oh God wake up this nation,
\nAgainst you they have rebelled,
\nThey break all your holy Laws,
\nReject the Word they once upheld.<\/p>\n

So now they reap the whirlwind,
\nBut they’re just too blind to see,
\nAmerica you need to repent,
\nGet down on your bended knee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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