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Sacrifice
At the Democratic National Convention
A Muslim father did more than stun
The American audience when he spoke
Of the great sacrifice of his son.
Muslim-American Humayun Khan
Was killed by a bomb in Iraq when
The U.S. Army captain took
Heroic efforts to protect his men.
The father, Khizr Khan, denounced
Trump's xenophobic solution
For fighting terrorists and asked if Trump
Had ever read the Constitution.
The father pulled out the document
And held it up--in case Trump might need it--
And said that Trump could borrow his copy
If the candidate would read it.
"You have sacrificed nothing," he added.
To think about it makes me shiver.
What DID Trump have to sacrifice
As he sold people down the river?
(7-30-16)
A Muslim father did more than stun
The American audience when he spoke
Of the great sacrifice of his son.
Muslim-American Humayun Khan
Was killed by a bomb in Iraq when
The U.S. Army captain took
Heroic efforts to protect his men.
The father, Khizr Khan, denounced
Trump's xenophobic solution
For fighting terrorists and asked if Trump
Had ever read the Constitution.
The father pulled out the document
And held it up--in case Trump might need it--
And said that Trump could borrow his copy
If the candidate would read it.
"You have sacrificed nothing," he added.
To think about it makes me shiver.
What DID Trump have to sacrifice
As he sold people down the river?
(7-30-16)
