DAVID
by Robert Becker
And now all the talk is about David
and they”re not talking about David’s hair.
They’ve found themselves in their Eden
afraid of being naked, though God didn’t care.
Oh give me a home where the Buffalo roam
before Buffalo Bill slaughtered the herd.
Thinking that once slaughtered and gone
natives would too perish, for whites the final word.
Now they’re e(race)ing the history books
afraid of the truths they’re telling.
Afraid that mothers, daughters, gays and people of color
infringe on their power, so now they are yelling.
From the statehouse steps new laws are being written
hoping for more carnage on those in their way.
Even putting a fig leaf on Disney that stands in their way
our hopes once again lie with David, that he’ll save the day.
They are carefully crafting their hateful powers
and if they fall short they’ll ask for a pardon.
Shameful now of the nakedness they feel
using fig leaves and laws to control God’s precious garden.