Monday, October 2, 2017

Las Vegas Shooting

Back and forth
Forth and back
Words of rights
Rights of a nation
A nation enraged
By the act of one
And one, and one
And onea series of one
A vacuum of one.
One.
The One.
The One with the Gun
Firing on innocent people.
Las Vegas ShootingNo, it is not the gun,
They say.
It is the person,
They say.
It is the person.
Who lacks care or knowledge
Of the mental illness
That plagues the One -
That HAS to plague the One -
Who opens fire on the fragile flesh
Of fellow Ones.
It’s not the guns they say
Then fix the problem.
Fund the one.
All of the ones.
Everyone.
Adequately with healthcare
And demand
Mental evaluation
Annually,
To those who carry one.
Or take them away.
For it is the right of no One

To take another.\

             -- Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti