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1.
“A well regulated Militia,
being necessary to
the security of a free State,
the right of the people
to keep and bear Arms,
shall not be infringed.”
2.
2015, as if
in a Dream. No one’s
talking guns for a militia. The army's ready,
Already armed, to protect America from any invading
Power. Smoke and fire, Feel the wool
Wig pulled over the
Peepers to camouflage thundering
Profits for piece manufacturers and
The political power such
proceeds will buy. Go ahead, pull open Oz’s curtain,
Not a constitutional leg to stand on.
Gil Hoy is a Boston trial lawyer, writer and poet. He studied poetry at Boston University, while receiving a BA in Philosophy and Political Science. Gil received an MA in Government from Georgetown University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served as a Brookline, Massachusetts Selectman for four terms. His poetry has appeared most recently in The Eclectic Muse, Third Wednesday, Montucky Review, The Potomac and TheNewVerse.News.