I Had A Nightmare Last Night

by Gil Hoy

I had a nightmare last night

A nightmare deeply rooted
in an American nightmare

Where churches and schools
theaters and city streets
were dying

Where military weapons
were firing into unsuspecting
innocent crowds

Tentwentythirtyfortyfifty
pigeons intheblinkofaneye

I awoke in a terrified sweat
as bleeding children wailed
and cried and screamed

While those to protect us tasked
slept soundly in their beds

A nightmare deeply rooted
in an American nightmare

I had a nightmare last night

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