“Mass Murder” by Kim Sobat
that terrified feeling
we have surely gone to hell
again and again
deranged and consumed by hate
we murder with abandon
(Regarding the New York truck attack and the Texas church shootings)
Again and Again
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An yet we keep hearing”this is not the time to talk about it”…the guns, and the horrific happenings fade to memory until it happens again.
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The world does seem to be in hell, doesn’t it? 😦 Eloquent and to the point my friend.
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The final recourse of that absolutely alienated mind which is already in hell . . .
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if only we could see it coming
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Sigh
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we seem in perpetual grief
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To the point but those who really need to see this have forgotten how to read and comprehend.
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well put
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all we can do is keep loving…
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I think only a saint can love the unloveable
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…and I’m no saint, but God can love them for us…
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It is so tiresome and the political talking heads begin to sound like carnival barkers shouting out “gun control,” “gun control”
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the carnage is overwhelming
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It really is, Paul
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Wow,
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much appreciated
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Heartsick. And if we can’t talk about it now, then when? How many times does this have to happen before people wake up and realize we have to talk about it NOW??
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I don’t know the answer
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A sad but apt summary for the current state of affairs.
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thank you for commenting
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It feels like drowning in incomprehensible madness. Thank you for naming it hell in your poem.
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these events are excruciating
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Perhaps we will all wind up like the last scene in “The Birds”, driving away slowly, damaged, trying not to set off nature gone mad against us.
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it has every right to turn on us
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