RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
Murder on Bourbon Street
What kind of horror is this?
What kind of madness moved him?
With malice and murder aforethought
To trigger a chain of vengeance
To release a river of blood
To light the match of endless fire
When will it ever end?
Don’t tell us it’s the work of God
This is the deed of evil men
This is the depths of darkness
This is the hollow of despair
I have walked down Bourbon Street
In the city of the crescent moon
It is a place that embraces all
The diverse joys of life
A place to leave your trouble behind
Where love and wonder rise
In song and celebration
What kind of madness chooses
This time and place of jubilation
To execute an act of murder
Of cold-blooded deprivation
A vengeful act of inhumanity
To thrust this world into
An endless chain of terror?
When will it end?
When will we finally put down
The book of vengeance
And pick up the book of kindness?
