Lawrence Hall
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Rachel Weeping for
her Children
This is spring
There should be inattention in class:
Summer plans for camping and for play
When each sunny day is a barefoot day
Splashing in the stock pond, annoying the cows
Instead of
Chain-link fencing, sagging gates, gunfire
Black rifles, screams, ambulances in lines
Yellow plastic tape, detailed narratives
Telephoto camera lenses, MePhones
And tiny little bodies plastic-wrapped
Carried one by one to refrigerated vaults
(Hey, stud, preach to them about your Second
Amendment)
