{"product_id":"the-blood-is-on-your-george-l-iii-cook-9798835888726","title":"The Blood is on Your Hands: Poems against gun violence","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Blood is On Your Hands\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems Against Gun Violence In America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy name is George L. Cook III. I am a former Board of Education and town counmember from Hillside, New Jersey.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn May 19, 2022 a coward entered a supermarket in Buffalo, New York and gunned down ten people for no other reason than they were Black. The bastard believed in White Replacement Theory, a white supremist notion that whites will be replaced by \"minorities\".\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn May 24, 2022, like most of you, I watched in shock as the news of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas was reported.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eI watched a parent's worst nightmare in shock and anger. I watched and cried as reports of 19 dead children between the ages of 9 and 11 flooded my television, computer, and smartphone screen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eI grew angrier as the hours and the days went by. I grew angrier because I realized no matter what the politicians said, no matter how many thoughts and prayers they gave, I knew nothing would change.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn both cases the 18-year-old gunmen were able to buy AR-15s days before or literally hours before the attacks. How is that even possible?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe CDC lists guns as the #1 cause of death for children in the United States. Yet, those in Congress do nothing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThings must change and change now!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis anger inspired me to write and read this poem for a local vigil to honor the victims at Robb Elementary.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat poem is titled Blood on Your Hands.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe response to the poem led me to write more poems on the topic of gun violence focused on the Buffalo and Valde massacres.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George L. III Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798835888726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.06d","brand":"George L. III Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852073316607,"sku":"9798835888726","price":6.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blood-is-on-your-george-l-iii-cook-9798835888726","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}