Twenty Fewer

Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
edited December 2012 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
(inspired by words of Chadwick)

TWENTY FEWER (December 15/12)

There’ll be 20 fewer children at school today
There’ll be 20 fewer children on the grounds, at play
There’ll be 20 fewer children on the swings to sway
There’ll be 1 more soul in hell, let us pray

Let’s take the guns from their hands
Put their hands in ours
Encourage them to talk
No more tracing kids with chalk

It’s tough to make sense
Because there’s no sense at all
It’s tough to make sense
Because there’s no sense at all

We’ll just clip on a ribbon
And move on with our days
Just wait for the next
Need to act, not just say

Nothing to see here
Nothing to see, hear
Nothing to be, fear
Nothing to free, dear
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
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