Shout Heard Around the World

Thousands of red uvulas Invade my sight A deep guttural plight From day to night A non stop howl Of shrapnel in flight A settling of scores Orchestrated by madness Marches upon inert eyes Eyes stinging of salt and blood Eyes ripped of lids Forced to witness The revolving chambers of death Open assaults on reason Have invaded like a virus On a nation paralyzed by statute Our "thoughts and prayers" have fallen Like leaves from a dead tree No more springs Only eternal winters Remain in memory We wail with rehearsed pain We give amnesty to Death We have failed Life