Another Mass Shooting Poem by Donal Mahoney

Another Mass Shooting



Another mass shooting.
This time a young white man
shoots nine black people
in a South Carolina church
during a Bible study.

At trial, defense attorneys
will try to prove
the shooter was insane
as the defense in Denver
tried to prove after
the shootings in
the movie theater;
as the defense
at Sandy Hook
would have tried had
the shooter survived.

Don’t execute the shooters.
That would be inhumane.
They had to be insane.
Instead, let them roam
among strangers
in the penitentiary.
Peers will decide what
punishment fits the crime.

Saturday, June 20, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: murder
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Eugene Levich 20 June 2015

An interesting take on a tragic series of events!

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