This Brave New World, XCVIII
written in response to the deadliest one of 565 mass shootings so far this year in the USA
shelter in place ...
a beer bottle rolling down
the blood-splashed road
NeverEnding Story, October 26 2023
FYI: NBC News, Oct. 26: At least 18 killed in shootings in Lewiston, Maine; Manhunt underway for suspect.
This haiku could be read as a sequel to the following one:
thoughts and prayers ...
another round of pop, pop, pop
loud and louder
Added: This Brave New World, XCIX
I wish I could
take that pain off your shoulders,
off your hearts ...
round after round of gun debate
louder ... and bloodier
Added:
is there a map?
in the pre-dawn silence
my first step
on this grief journey
of a thousand miles
