electrons
painstakingly
detail the
derailment in
my train of
thoughtlessness

a man was
murdered by
the same means
he so vehemently
defended and is
branded a martyr
while a woman was
killed three weeks
prior and was
greetedbyacricketchoir
and i just feel numb
spent like a shell casing
in an empty school hall

i don’t know when
decency was removed
fromthehumancondition
a cold war waged upon
unmitigateddisasters
in flesh suits doing
areasonablefacsimile
ofthedaytodaydeathknell