Poem 414
by Laurie Hesed
NPR said this morning
that our little town is mourning three
killed at the lawnmower plant
just three days ago.
That's incomplete.
In fact, we are mourning four,
including the shooter
who took down the other three
as well as wounding fourteen,
some critically, some seriously,
some fair.
There is nothing fair
about this rampage,
and there is gratitude
for the sheriff
who was the first responder
after people had been shot
in transit along the way.
From a few miles southwest
where he attempted
to commandeer a car,
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