Taking a Knee

 

Football players take a knee to demonstrate concern;

Waiting, praying for an injured player 'til they learn

If the guy will be okay or if he's badly hurt

While he's lying there in pain and writhing in the dirt.

They don't kneel in disrespect...  The opposite is true.

Now they're worried for our body politic (Me, too!)

With a sitting President who's chosen to attack

Free speech from a former San Fransisco quarterback.

I know there are people who will not agree, and yet

Even Robert Kraft, who is as pro-Trump as you get,

Said he's "deeply disappointed" by the Donald's "tone..."

Judging by the NFL's response, Kraft's not alone.

I served in the military 30 years ago

And don't find it disrespectful when the players show

Their concern in peaceful protest when they take a knee.

Why that should insult our troops or flag's a mystery.

Our Basket Overfloweth

 

Seems the "basket of deplorables" has overflowed.

Now they're marching through the streets...  They hit the mother-load

When an "alt-right" thug like Bannon found a President

Who'd already demonstrated his own racist bent.

'cause, one thing these "free speech" advocates all have to say

(They'll be here in Boston for a rally Saturday

With their flaming tiki torches waving in the sky,

Wearing Nazi symbols)  Donald Trump's their kinda guy.

I'm a fan of Chomsky's just as much as anyone;

Free speech is imperative...  Yet, when all's said and done,

This could be like screaming "Fire!" in a movie house,

Fanning flames of hatred that are difficult to douse.