10/4/2002

Another mind
staggers
and falls.
People
distant
unarmed
and unaware
become bodies
slumping
to the ground
as bullets
from afar
snap off
their lives.
Responses
predictable as
headlines
fail
to address
the many faces
of
human frailty
assuring
a recurrence
tomorrow
the next day
the day after.
Because
hard labor
will not break
the lease
ignorance has
on the race
the killing
will continue.