At my age, a little excitement is welcome. 
Don't worry. 
Why would he kill me? 
Bullets cost money. 
- The old man of the village

Could The Magnificent Seven Save Us?

Just imagine
a magnificent group 
of antifascist patriots, 
maybe seven, 

who ride 
into the village 
and protect our children 
from masked psychos,

a murderous criminal gang
led by 
a fat old tiny-peckered 
pedophile.

Curt Cignetti obviously
our historic turnaround savior.
Hands on hip, Yul Brenner quick.
Don't get ahead of me.

But, yes,
Pete Buttigieg is -
dramatic pause -
Bernardo O'Reilly.

Charles Bronson would be proud.
Can't see anybody else
in the role
except maybe Liz Cheney.

But she's so Britt,
the knife thrower.
Think James Coburn 
as a transgender dominatrix.

AOC as Chico,
the hot-blooded shootist:
Why Horst Bucholz
I never understood.

Stacie Abrams as Vin, 
the drifter. No Steve McQueen
but I once saw a Black lesbian version
of The Odd Couple.

Harry Luck 
sounds like a made-up name.
Especially for a fortune seeker.
Roll the dice - you tell me.

Righteous or imaginary,
Jack Smith,
a traumatized veteran 
as Lee, a traumatized veteran

played by Robert Vaughn.
He has the receipts
and he's bitter.
Today's corrupt Clown,

the bandit chief, you know who,
already cast.  Eli Wallach 
was five foot-seven.
Plenty big enough.

A number of villagers, 
Bernardo, Lee, Harry, and Britt, too,
are killed in battle. 
Cignetti guns down the clown.

Fade to not yet black
a slippery gray, 
dangerously dark.
The End.

ICE kidnapped Liam Ramos, 
a preschooler 
recently turned five.
Baby bait as a lure

to capture more 
of his family. Got his father, 
sent both 
to a Texas internment camp.

"The worst of the worst."
Mothers and nurses
with a Spiderman backpack.  
and a blue bunny hat.