“Only in the Panhandle" Note: This poem was inspired by President Trump's comment at one of his rallies when he replied to a fan who suggested shooting immigrants. Shortly thereafter on August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. A gunman shot and killed 22 people and injured 24 others. He has blood on his hands On his hands On his hands The blood of innocents This man, woman and childslaughter This racial carnage His to own He has sown the seeds of hate Fanned the flames And incited the mob He hath loosed the hateful lightning with his terrible racist words And the mob is marching on And on And on Those good white folks with pointed hats White sheets Masks And assault weapons with high-capacity magazines He has sounded forth the trumpet That shall never call retreat Arming the fanatics Cheering them on And giving them cause