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Dan Kent

Dan Kent
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Dan Kent is an author, poet and podcaster. His published books include: The Training of KX12, WordMode: How to Foster Deep Creativity and Be Dazzled by the Power of your own Mind, and Study Guides on popular literature - found on Amazon. POETRY: Diamonds Mixed with Broken Glass. PODCASTS: Host of "Greg Boyd: Apologies and Explanations" and his own, "Totally Composed." MEDIUM: @thatdankent.

    “Packing Heat” Poem by Dan Kent – A PEACE PROTEST TO VIOLENCE AND INJUSTICE
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    “Packing Heat” Poem by Dan Kent – A PEACE PROTEST TO VIOLENCE AND INJUSTICE

    written by Dan Kent

    guns look so cool
    (let’s be honest).
    I know, it’s childish,
    and not becoming
    of a pacifist like me.
    if only guns didn’t kill.
    if only guns shot peace!
    — I’d pack that heat!
    I’d come rushing in,
    guns a’ blazing,
    shepherding corrective
    explosions,
    Blam! Blam!
    puncturing holes
    in pompous oppressors —
    their smugness squeals
    as it gushes, oozes
    out their peace-holes,
    converts to steam,
    slithers along the floor boards,
    disappears between the seams;
    after a minute or so
    of redemptive agony,
    that oppressor would leap
    back to his feet,
    with bounding cheer —
    unseen (and unfelt)
    in many’a year.

    — Watch it!
    In steps some
    crazy-eyed Charlie Hustle,
    looking to con
    an unsuspecting
    vulnerable grandmother —
    Blam! Blam!
    he clutches his chest,
    falls to the floor,
    crawls out the door,
    down the street,
    into the arms of the wife
    and child he left behind.

    Blam! Blam!
    righteous bullets
    rupture steel wallets
    of bloodless bankers,
    dollar bills explode into the sky,
    metamorphosize
    into butterflies,
    flutter back to the soft pockets
    of the swindled masses.

    Blam! Blam!
    hot lead through the heart
    of each perfidious preacher,
    lead so hot
    it melts the White-Out
    from the face of every
    buried bible verse,
    unleashing ancient light,
    which explodes like a beacon
    into the chapel’s sky,
    and hoards of God-seekers
    pour into the pews
    to find refreshment for
    their thirsty souls.

    Blam! Blam!
    all over my wicked world,
    shattering the fragile
    masks of frightful
    aggressors.
    Blam! Blam!
    Anti-chaos!
    Calming!
    Settling!
    Comforting!
    Resolving!
    Blam! Blam! Blam!
    then I’d just stand
    atop the debris,
    firmly fixed
    in the correctage
    (inverse of ‘wreckage’)
    looking oh-so cool
    in the center
    of the freshly quieted
    scene, with a Clint
    Eastwood squint,
    and a prodigious
    Peace Pistol in each
    unwavering hand —
    long, pointed pipes
    of peaceful proactivity,
    each one exhaling
    the swirling smoke
    of an action taken,
    of threats inverted,
    of goodness asserted.

     

    Dan Kent is an author & poet. 
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