The soft thud
is heard 3,000
miles away,
turkeys fly
to avoid the sound
rabbits dig underground
yet people enjoy it,
sweet laughter rolls
out of their
guts
and fills the valleys
with noise, instead of
shadows,
who now flee from the
thought that violence
can cause laughter
all over the
country,
as long a a t.v.
blasts out the yellings
and scorches the brain
with sensless, empty 
feelings