Rick Folker Poet Epitaph

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What happened in Vegas
Should not stay in Vegas.

Such a mind-numbing tragedy
cannot be contained, nor constrained
or explained
by a simple 'summing up'.

No, never 'what happened in Vegas'
Should be termed, the new normal
Or the the new acceptance
Of a virulent form of violence
Or a fatalistic excuse for
Humanity's propensity to cage
Such stark, naked evil in words
that defy words.

No, never should the 'banality of evil' stay in Vegas or Newtown or Orlando
It should affect and effect each and every person with a soul,
with a will, with a modicum of compassion and turn each of us away from Vegas and toward 
our national and individual wounds

What happened in Vegas should transcend mountains and oceans
Transverse the healing cosmos and return to us 
With a simplistic and fundamental message ...

We shall NOT be monsters
We  shall NOT be harmful or heartless
We shall NOT remain in Vegas

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Indiana Shaw October 6, 2017 at 2:07 PM Children die by mad gunmen - nothing changes - 59 die in Las Vegas - nothing changes - Where in God's plan did he mention a men needs an automatic weapon to defend himself let alone these very same weapons as toys - the mad men of this world will one way or another in the end change it - We are all just waiting for the when . . . Rick Folker October 6, 2017 at 2:23 PM I agree!!!!! An English friend of mind thinks that we are the most violent nation on earth - they have only a fraction of fatalities due to guns compared to our numbers. I also, have experienced the suicide of some acquaintances who used a hand gun or a rifle - it is so so stupid and sad.