{"id":7076,"date":"2010-03-31T03:37:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T09:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=7076"},"modified":"2010-03-31T03:37:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T09:37:26","slug":"poem-that-young-man-with-the-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/poetry\/poem-that-young-man-with-the-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: That young man with the gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Mark Sylvester<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>That young man with the gun<br \/>\nis a misguided missile.<br \/>\nCan reason reach him<br \/>\nbefore disaster strikes?<br \/>\nWho will smother that flame<br \/>\nthat fuels his madness?<br \/>\nWho\u2019s to discern his way<br \/>\nbefore he grabs his next prey?<\/p>\n<p>That young man with the gun was that same boy<br \/>\nwhose charms bewitched penance;<br \/>\nwho pulled himself up<br \/>\nby another boy\u2019s bootstrap,<br \/>\nwho despises rules and defies correction.<\/p>\n<p>That young man with the gun<br \/>\nis\u00a0 your son,<br \/>\nis my nephew,<br \/>\nis our neighbor<br \/>\nwho regards neither friend nor family.<br \/>\nWho will steer him clear of\u00a0 prison<br \/>\nor the cemetery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Mark Sylvester That young man with the gun is a misguided missile. 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