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Too many

January 30, 2023
By Anonymous

44,000 thats more deaths than days in a year

thats how many didn't survive last year

 

because of people who get it in their heads

to try and play god, then, oh. someones dead

 

I have this weapon at my disposal

getting rid of it seems an obscene proposal

 

rid myself of the weapon I hold so dear?

why? all so people don't live in fear?

 

a fear that they lock up so tight

fear that keeps us up at night

 

I lie in wait of the next event 

the list of names of those whose lives were spent

 

the fates foretold the line to be severed

ending lives on a public record

 

everyone wants the issue to be solved

but no one takes the first step, leaving the issue unresolved


The author's comments:

The increasing issue of mass shootings throughout our nation.


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