Today
I got hit with an AK-47.
A bunch of other kids got cut-up too.
I'd rather sit at home and die
of radiation from my computer,
than to go to school again
and become a ghoul.
It's not funny. Learning is so frightening
today. All the cameras brother has and
still, we are not safe. I'd hate to be a
target/kid today.
There is a cure but, they won't figure it out.
"Give 'em more guns. Give 'em more guns."
Is all they shout.
Well listen here friend let's just say.
We gotta fix this thing today.
And.
Take 'em all guns. Take 'em all guns.
Just take 'em all away.
Take all the guns away.
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Submitted on June 16, 2017
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 9 |
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