AMERICA (Lives Paid For In Bullets)

By Joe Musso

every mass shooting is prophecy for the next one

there is always a next one

bright yellow ribbons up and down my street

wrapped around telephone poles

hugging trees

one spiraling free in the breeze over the Bay

and silence, nothing but silence

thick in the throat

heavy on the heart

a moment of silence

a thousand

a million

endless moments of silence

soon there will be no more noise in the world

no more voices

the bodies are piling up

smaller and smaller bodies

younger and younger bodies

tiniest caskets for us all to fit in

and plenty of room for more

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Joe Musso lives in NJ, in a place of big sky and water. He has a handful of books out there. Check them out if so inclined.