The flags continue to fly at half-staff this morning, reminding us of the lives lost in the latest school shooting. Reminding us, too, that we all have a stake in stopping this craziness.
I wrote the poem that follows shortly after another mass murder. This one in the theater in Aurora, Colorado, as the loop of non-action rolled again.
Lunacy
The magazine
shows photos of Aurora's dark night.
The Dark Knight
wrestles with mayhem in the theater.
The theater
bleeds bodies from live ammo.
The live ammo
fills the clips of magazines.
And the Joker smirks, "It's our Right."
Marilyn Aschoff Mellor
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