Most important events occur offscreen
Or offstage
Even though a trail of blood may lead you
To a landed boat
You won’t see the perpetrator as he is
Carried off
In an ambulance to be interrogated
Out of sight
Or the thought shapes or histories that led him
To deliver
A package that disturbed the crowd in such
A heinous way
Wreaking loss and mayhem and twenty four hour
Coverage
Even as the press converges in clear light after those digital
Distorted strobes
We will not ever know no never will we know what brought us
To this place
Of permanent unease even in a moment of triumph
There remains
These missing limbs this breath interrupted this construction
Paper message:
No more hurting people.
Peace.
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