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twenty thousand

June 5, 2023
By Sla_jay09 BRONZE, San Francisco, California
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There is beauty in the ashes of a heart that burned for what it loved

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guns

handguns and rifles

shotguns and blood

who are we

but sitting ducks


students of 

parkland and robb 

sandy hook and columbine

and so many more

going to school

just to leave their mothers with 

our prayers and wishes


second amendment

defending the right 

to kill and slaughter

Our young and bright 


twenty thousand passed

this year alone

yet nothing has been done


why do we stand around

and keep waiting 

just for twenty thousand more?

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