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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