Another
bullet rattles in bone
dividing
life by death.
Tuesday’s
economics’ lesson
spiraled
into terror speaking prayers.
Bright
lights hum as buzzing microphones
give
another killer their fifteen minutes of fame.
Mayhem
explodes the ratings where kindness
puts
a network in last place.
How
many tears does it take
to
change the status quo?
Talk
of gun control causes
law
abiding to stockpile ammunition.
For
every opinion there is a differing one.
It
appears the argument is better received
than
the peace of working together in common ground.
And
while the arguments ferment
another
finger reaches to pull the trigger.
Breaking News:
There has been a school shooting.
The lesson for
today: What to do when faced with a gun.
©Susie
Clevenger 2013
Comments
another finger reaches to pull the trigger....ugh...true...sometimes it just takes too long to change things and this is not an easy to solve topic either...i wish they would really try and cumulate their strength to go steps into the right direction
it does seem that all the media are telling the same story over and again. might is right. politics is overt bullying. there does not seem to be bandwidth for collaboration and working together. perhaps we need to 'occupy' libraries and civic places. there is a library in pima that shares seeds. i thought that was a hopeful thing. perhaps you can conquer guns state by state?
"Bright lights hum as buzzing microphones
give another killer their fifteen minutes of fame.
Mayhem explodes the ratings where kindness
puts a network in last place."
Susie, you are on the same plane as Kellie's "And We Call it Rebellion", and so much with my thinking on this subject. I believe that mass murderers should NEVER be given the oxygen of publicity in their perversely manic attention seeking. With this offering, I love the sentiment and fact that it is a direct hit on the gun debate. Well penned.
Well penned, Susie, lots of food for thought in this!
Your last two lines pack quite a punch!