What to do with all of this violence?
El Paso
Dayton
Las Vegas
Newtown
Parkland
I’m certain I’m forgetting a few.
What to do with all of this violence and the rationalizations that ring out like echos from the shots themselves?
Do nothing warriors,
with shields of logic (nothing about this is logical),
and swords of hopelessness.
They offer prayers like the conman offers I.O.Us
Meanwhile we lay at our altars,
turning at every sound,
searching for the nearest exit.