Dead on Arrival
There's no shock anymore when the report comes across the news.
"There's been a mass shooting..."
Now we just wait.
I switched on CNN on Sirius Radio to hear the updates. One of the talking heads spoke of hope and prayers for the victims. Then she reported about a white male in his 60's who was breathing on site but was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Dead on Arrival.
There is no known motive.
And do you know what upsets me more than anything else?
That I didn't feel much at all.
No shock.
Horror for those involved, of course, but no real sense of wonder.
Because it is going to continue to happen.
Again and again and again.
We can't stop it.
We aren't interested in stopping it, apparently.
And I'm sure that no matter who is interviewed, or who is in charge there will be shock conveyed and a lot of hand-wringing, but the problem isn't the guns, right?
Forks don't make you fat.
It's the mental illness, of course, but we can't just strap people up.
We are a free society.
We can't put armed guards on every corner.
There's just a meanness in the world, right?
12 dead on Monday.
Just add them to the list of those who have been senselessly killed.
For no apparent reason.
Our ability to stop it from happening is...
Dead on arrival.
"There's been a mass shooting..."
Now we just wait.
I switched on CNN on Sirius Radio to hear the updates. One of the talking heads spoke of hope and prayers for the victims. Then she reported about a white male in his 60's who was breathing on site but was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Dead on Arrival.
There is no known motive.
And do you know what upsets me more than anything else?
That I didn't feel much at all.
No shock.
Horror for those involved, of course, but no real sense of wonder.
Because it is going to continue to happen.
Again and again and again.
We can't stop it.
We aren't interested in stopping it, apparently.
And I'm sure that no matter who is interviewed, or who is in charge there will be shock conveyed and a lot of hand-wringing, but the problem isn't the guns, right?
Forks don't make you fat.
It's the mental illness, of course, but we can't just strap people up.
We are a free society.
We can't put armed guards on every corner.
There's just a meanness in the world, right?
12 dead on Monday.
Just add them to the list of those who have been senselessly killed.
For no apparent reason.
Our ability to stop it from happening is...
Dead on arrival.
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