Matthew Harris Poet Free verse

An Accursed Abominable Deadly Epidemic

(alternately titled random axe of violence)

I calculated an average 
of ~10.16.... deaths per year 
of mass school shootings since Columbine, 
a morbid benchmark where,

iGen / Gen Z 1995 - 2012 bore significant hit,
now students require armed guards to learn - veer
really within purportedly "safe places", 
which statistics tracks a unilinear

trend, and justifiably causing 
absolute zero reassurance
countering alarmist state of mind dust tear
ability to accept rationale 

dismissing greater probability 
prevails lightening will strike loved ones, 
nonetheless share
ring understandable expressing 

rightful salient concerns with school board
quotidian possibility son(s) and/or daughter(s) rare
lee remain mum at every opportunity, 
how second amendment does not square

with democratic e pluribus unum firmament, 
lieutenant management, 
quintessential reverent tenets
pointing trigger finger of accountability

at lax gun purchasing rare
lee does emotional uproar demanding 
immediate controls, limitations, restrictions, 
et cetera on firearms scare

the bejesus from stalwart National Rifle Association, 
whence spokesperson doth prepare
convincing rebuttal (lock, stock at barrel) overbear
ring lee outgun legitimate 

parental concerns, now near
daily occurrence hardly cause a flinch glossed 
inducing similar reactions as 
sports home team defeated, sans mere

slightly raised eyebrows while headline news 
when another tragedy gets tacked 
unto the 122 students killed since Columbine
took the lives of innocent lives 19 plus years ago

which ho hum sacrifice of youth or teachers bare
lee induce ripple despite an increasing number 
of spent bullets fallout inflicting 
more than 208,000 vulnerable 
impressionable psyches sorrows need a lifetime to air!

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